yolchicahuac. | Nahuatl Dictionary

yolchicahuac.

Headword:

yolchicahuac.

Principal English Translation:

someone brave, valiant (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

yōlchicāhuac

IPAspelling:

yoːltʃikɑːwɑk

Frances Karttunen:

YŌLCHICĀHUAC someone brave, valiant / valeroso, valiente (Z) [(2)Zp.127,232]. 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.

IDIEZ morfema:

yōlchicāhuac.

IDIEZ traduc. inglés:

a person that is strong emotionally.

IDIEZ def. náhuatl:

ni. Macehualli tlen tlahuel yoltetic. “Isabel nelyolchicahuac pampa quemman micqui itonanan axcanah chocac. ”

IDIEZ morfología:

yōlli, chicāhuac.

IDIEZ gramática:

quen.

themes:

Behavior, Personality

Emotions