ATZCALLI

atzcalli:

L'huitre.

Description. Sah11,61.

Angl. , oyster. R.Joe Campbell 1997.

Sah11,230 définit ce mot en ces termes: " ye mochi îtôcâ in âtlân huitz, in âtlân nemi îtapalcayo, in iuhquin têucciztli, in iuhquin chipolin, in iuhquin cilin, in iuh tapachtli, in iuhquin têcuihciztli. etc. ", it is the name of all the shell, of all that come from the water, that live in the water, such as the tecciztli, the chipolin, the cilin, the tapachtli, the tecuiciztli, etc.

Donné comme syn. d'eptli. Sah11,60.

Identique au coquillage nommé ayohpalli. Sah11,231.

R.Siméon 38 traduit coquillage et Sah Garibay 1969 IV 323 donne 'concha perlera'.

Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique. Alexis Wimmer . 2004.