yohualli

== Central Nahuatl == === Noun === yohualli night === References === Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico. == Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === yoalli youalli yovalli === Etymology === From yohua (“to get dark”) +‎ -lli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jo(w)alli/ === Noun === yohualli Night; nighttime; darkness. === Proper noun === yohualli A spirit; "Night" personified. 17C: Crónica mexicayotl auh niman yohualtica ycochizpan yn huitzillihuitl yn quinotz yohuallli yehuatl yn diablo (And then at night, in Huitzilihuitl's sleep, the devil Yohualli spoke to him.) === Derived terms === yohualli ehecatl yohualnepantlah yohualtica === References === Campbell, R. Joe (1997), “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011 Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin (1997), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 120–121 Karttunen, Francis (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 340 Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 242