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Meaning of coyolli




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

coyolli
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It is a word of the Nahuatl language. It can have several meanings depending on the context. A first meaning is crib, small bed for baby. It can also mean hook, hook to fish. Another meaning is large rattle or rattle. Finally it can mean palm tree. In some parts of Mexico it is also common name of two different palm trees and their fruits: Acrocomia mexicana and Bactris guineensis. The first is also called in Mexico cocoyol, or coyol. In Colombia we call it corozo, another well-known name is grugrú and in Bolivia they call it totaí. It is synonymous with Acromia aculeata. The second palm tree, is also known by the common names of cocoyol, corozo, can, píritu, güis, coyol or uvita. Both belong to the family Arecaceae.

  




John Rene Plaut

COYOLLI in Mexico : from nahuatl 1 . hook 2 . rattlesnake. ( 1580 ) 3 . Fruit of the size and figure of a walnut, bearing a spiny palm (2004, Wimmer) 4. Peg ( 1780 )

  



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