See yolcatl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From yōli (“to live”). Compare yōlqui (“living thing, beast of burden”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yōlcatl",
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]
},
{
"form": "yōlcameh",
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"plural"
]
}
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"7": "",
"8": "",
"cat2": "",
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"head": "yōlcatl"
},
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},
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"2": "yōlcatl",
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},
"expansion": "yōlcatl (animate, plural yōlcameh)",
"name": "nci-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"lang_code": "nci",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
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{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "nci",
"name": "Insects",
"orig": "nci:Insects",
"parents": [
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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],
"derived": [
{
"word": "yōlcatlaxcalli"
},
{
"word": "yōlcayōtl"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "A thing that is alive, like a bug. yolcatl.",
"ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 33v:",
"text": "Biua coſa como ſauandija. yolcatl.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Yolcatl. a bug.",
"ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 39v. col. 2:",
"text": "Yolcatl. ſauandija.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "and they ate whatever they found, insects and butterflies.",
"ref": "c. 1600, anonymous author, Anónimo mexicano, f. 2v:",
"text": "quicauyia yn tlen cacia yolcame papalome-",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Then they made an offering of various insects.",
"roman": "niman tlahuê-manque nepapan Yo lca me,",
"text": "Idem, f. 15r."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bug; an insect."
],
"id": "en-yolcatl-nci-noun-ch44Q22H",
"links": [
[
"bug",
"bug"
],
[
"insect",
"insect"
]
],
"tags": [
"animate"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjoːɬkat͡ɬ/"
}
],
"word": "yolcatl"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "yōlcatlaxcalli"
},
{
"word": "yōlcayōtl"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From yōli (“to live”). Compare yōlqui (“living thing, beast of burden”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yōlcatl",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "yōlcameh",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"8": "",
"cat2": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
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"head": "yōlcatl"
},
"expansion": "yōlcatl (animate, plural yōlcameh)",
"name": "head"
},
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"1": "a",
"2": "yōlcatl",
"pl": "yōlcameh"
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"expansion": "yōlcatl (animate, plural yōlcameh)",
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}
],
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"lang_code": "nci",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"examples": [
{
"english": "A thing that is alive, like a bug. yolcatl.",
"ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 33v:",
"text": "Biua coſa como ſauandija. yolcatl.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Yolcatl. a bug.",
"ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 39v. col. 2:",
"text": "Yolcatl. ſauandija.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "and they ate whatever they found, insects and butterflies.",
"ref": "c. 1600, anonymous author, Anónimo mexicano, f. 2v:",
"text": "quicauyia yn tlen cacia yolcame papalome-",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Then they made an offering of various insects.",
"roman": "niman tlahuê-manque nepapan Yo lca me,",
"text": "Idem, f. 15r."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bug; an insect."
],
"links": [
[
"bug",
"bug"
],
[
"insect",
"insect"
]
],
"tags": [
"animate"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjoːɬkat͡ɬ/"
}
],
"word": "yolcatl"
}
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