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ajonjolíyolli.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
ajonjolíyolli.
Principal English Translation: 

sesame seeds

Attestations from sources in English: 

Sandra itonanan tlahuel quipiya aholyolli huan nochipa quinamaca ne tianquiz (Sullivan et al. 2016: 15). =Sandra’s grandmother has a lot sesame seeds and she always sells them there in the market. [vocabulary (TCV); time range: 2016]
Loans in Colonial and Modern Nahuatl, eds. Agnieszka Brylak, Julia Madajczak, Justyna Olko, and John Sullivan, Trends in Linguistics Documentation 35 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020), 68.

themes: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Food, Eating, Cooking
See also: 
ajonjolí.
ajonjolícuahuitl.