Thursday, April 7, 2011

Names of Aztec food in Nahuatl English Spanish

Nahuatl English Spanish
Nahuatl        (Nahuatl)        na- wat
elotl             (corn, elote)
etl                 (bean)
xilotl             (tender ear of com, jilote)
Exotl             (green bean, ejote)
xitomatl        (tomato, jitomate)
xicamatl       (jicama)
camohtli       (yam, camote)
nohpalli        (cactus, nopal) = no pal-li
tamalli          (tamale, tamal) =ta ma - li                        
tlaxcalli        (tortilla)                        
atolli            (gruel, corn beverage, atole)
pinolli          (ground corn,pinole)                        
mexcalli       (cooked maguey, mezcal)
pozolli         (stew, pozole)
azcatl         (ant)                        
zolin           (quail)                        
izquitl         (Roasted corn, esquite)
mizquitl      (mesquite)
iztatl          (salt)
mazatl       (deer, animal)
chapulin    (grasshopper) = cha- pul- in
xonacatl    (onion)
ahuacatl    (avocado, aguacate)
huexolotl    (turkey, guajolote)
chilli           (chili, chile) = chil - li
molli           (sauce, mole) = mó - li
tlaolli           (corn)
comalli        ( griddle, comal)
tzilacayohtli (a bluish-green squash, chilacayote)
cintli            (ear of dried corn)
centli           (same as cintli)
huautli        (amaranto, Amaranth )      

1 comment:

  1. Etls & ahuacatl with a little iztatl on a warm tlaxcalli....... spells YUM in any language!!!

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