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eːloːɑːtoːlli
Orthographic Variants: 
ēlōātōlli

maize atole (a type of beverage ) (see Karttunen)

gruel made with fresh corn.
to eat corn-on-the-cobb when it is in season.
for there to be a lot of corn now.
eːloːokwil
Orthographic Variants: 
ēlōocuil

maize worm (see Karttunen)

a corn stew, a maize stew; or, a bowl of the same (central Mexico, 1634)
Bartolomé de Alva, A Guide to Confession Large and Small in the Mexican Language, 1634, eds. Barry D. Sell and John Frederick Schwaller, with Lu Ann Homza (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), 13.

to gather ear of corn scattered in the field.
# 1. ni. Una persona recoge elote en la milpa lo que está tirado. “Hoy mi papá recoge elote en la milpa porque el aire los quebró”.
to become the godparent of a child during the corn ritual.
# 1. ni. Una persona recoge elote en la milpa lo que está tirado. “Hoy mi papá recoge elote en la milpa porque el aire los quebró”.

a medicinal drink made from maize and herbs, said to cure measles in some cases (see attestations)

eːloːtik
Orthographic Variants: 
ēlōtic

something the color of fresh young maize (see Karttunen)

eːloːtɬ
Orthographic Variants: 
Ellotl

the young ear of corn or maize, which already has its kernels formed (see Molina and Karttunen); also, a person's name (attested male)

fresh ear of corn.
a field that has a lot or corn.
fresh corn kernals shaven from the cob.
Orthographic Variants: 
elutototl

Blue Grosbeak, a bird (see Hunn, attestations)

immature maize, small cobs
Robert Haskett and Stephanie Wood's notes from Nahuatl sessions with James Lockhart and subsequent research.