machiyotl

Classical Nahuatl

Perhaps from machia (“to be known, discovered”) +‎ -yōtl.

machiyōtl (inanimate, plural machiyōtl)

(it is) a representation of something; a model, example or sign
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 67r:
  Dechado. machiotl.
  A model. machiotl.
- Idem, f. 225v.
  Signo por señal. machiyotl.
  A sign or a signal. machiyotl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50v. col. 2:
  Machiotl. ſeñal. cõparacion, exẽplo, o dechado.
  Machiotl. a sign, or a comparison, example or model.
(it is) the form or outline of an area or figure; a shape.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 123v:
  Figura de quatro angulos. nauhcampanacacemachiotl. y aſ / ſi delos de mas`
  A shape with four angles. nauhcampanacacemachiotl. and likewise for the rest of them.
(it is) a written or printed character; a letter
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r:
  Letra. lo miſmo. vel, machiyotl. tlatecpanoni. machiotlatoliztli.
  A letter. the same, or. machiyotl. tlatecpanoni. machiotlatoliztli.

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 50v
Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 254

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