different between peyote vs peyotl

English

Etymology

From Spanish peyote, from Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe??jo?ti/

Noun

peyote (plural peyotes)

1. A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.
2. A mescal button produced by the plant.

Synonyms

• (Lophophora williamsii): mescal

Translations

Further reading

• peyote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lophophora williamsii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl peyotl.

Pronunciation

Noun

peyote m (plural peyotes)

1. peyote

Descendants

• ? English: peyote

Further reading

• “peyote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

peyotl (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of peyote

Anagrams

• poetly

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Related to pey?ni "to glisten" according to Andrews (2003).

Pronunciation

Kartunnen (1983) writes peyotl; Andrews (2003) writes pey?tl; Lockhart (2001) says "length of vowels unknown; o most likely long".

Noun

peyotl

1. peyote (Lophophora williamsii)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 246.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 193.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 229.