yolceuhcacopa nitemachtia.

Headword:

Principal English Translation:

to instruct or teach with gentleness and patience (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina:

yolceuhcacopa nitemachtia. (pret. oniyolceuhcacopatemachti.)
doctrinar o enseñar con mansedumbre y paciencia.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 39v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English:

"The words '-yol' and '-yollo,' literally 'heart' but often used for the mind, the emotions, and volition, figure in a large number of Nahuatl idioms. You will find a group of eleven of them in Molina under Noyol and Noyollo."
James Lockhart, Nahuatl as Written, 2001, 156.

themes:

Education

Emotions