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nextamalatolli.
Headword:
nextamalatolli.
Principal English Translation:
a thick, white beverage (atolli) made from ground maize (see attestations)
Attestations from sources in English:
auh in ioaltica, yn oqujchiuhque cioa atolli: aço quauhnexatolli, anoço nextamalatolli, anoço xocoatolli: injn atolli moteneoa, aquetzalli = And at night, the women made [a grual of ground maize called] atolli—either a thick, white atolli or an atolli made of a dough of maize softened with lime, or a fruit atolli. This atolli was known as aquetzalli. (sixteenth century, Mexico City)