Tlaolli
/t͡ɬaˈoːlːi/noun
A Nahuatl word for maize or corn.
Did you know?Tlaolli is a Nahuatl word tied to maize, one of the most spiritually charged crops in Mesoamerica, where corn was not just food but a divine substance in origin myths.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Nahuatl
Nah
tlaōlli
“maize; corn”
Colonial Era
Spanish
tlaolli
“Nahuatl loanword recorded in colonial sources”
Modern English
English
tlaolli
“a Nahuatl term for maize, used in linguistic and historical contexts”
Modern Scholarship
English
tlaolli
“a documented Nahuatl lexical item referring to corn/maize”