yolchicahualiztli.

Headword:

yolchicahualiztli.

Principal English Translation:

effort to become encouraged (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants:

yolchicaualiztli

IPAspelling:

yoːltʃikɑːwɑlistɬi

Alonso de Molina:

yolchicaualiztli. esfuerzo assi.
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.

Frances Karttunen:

YŌLCHICĀHUALIZ-TLI courage, vivacity, vitality / esfuerzo (M), esfuerzo, excitación, animación (S), paciente, pacífico (Z) [(2)Zp.92,232]. See YŌLCHICĀHU(A).
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 341.

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:

Emotions