ilama

Noun

ilama (plural ilamas)

1. A Central American fruit related to the cherimoya, Annona diversifolia.

Anagrams

• Lamia, Malia, lamia, malai, malia

Alternative forms

• ylama (obsolete spelling)
• ilamatl, ilantli

Etymology

Based on the plural and possessed forms, and diminutives such as ilamatcātōntli, ilama seems to be an apocopic form of *ilamatqui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈla.ma]

Noun

ilama (animate, plural ilamatqueh)

1. an old woman
   • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)

     Ylama, vieja, nilamatcauh, mi vieja.illamâtque.

     Ylama, an old woman, nilamatcauh, my old woman.illamâtque.

   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 243r.

     Vieja muger de edad.  ylama.

     An old woman, a woman of age.  ylama.

   • 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 37r. col. 2.

     Ilama. vieja. […] / Ilamatl. vieja. […] / Ilantli. vieja.

     Ilama. an old woman. […] / Ilamatl. an old woman. […] / Ilantli. an old woman.

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 229
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 103
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 220
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 56, 214