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amoyahualli.

Headword: 
amoyahualli.
Principal English Translation: 

a base for a jug; metaphorically, a beverage (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
amoyaoalli
Attestations from sources in English: 

"Similarly, in amoyahualli, in tlamatzoalli is translated literally by Sullivan (1976: 355) as 'la base (de paja) del cántaro, la tortilla doblada.' The cántaro is a receptacle for a liquid , and the tortilla is a main staple...."
Abraham Cáceres D., In Xochitl, in Cuicatl: Hallucinogens and Music in Mesoamerican Amerindian Thought (1984), 205.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"In amoyahualli, in tlamatzoalli. La base (de paja) del cántaro, la tortilla doblada. Significa comida y bebida."
Thelma D. Sullivan, Compendio de la gramática náhuatl (1992), 355.

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles