coyotl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Amecameca, Jaltocán, Tlaxcala and Texcoco) koyotl
• (Canoa) coyutl

Coyotl, “coyote”.

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *koyootl. Classical Nahuatl coyotl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojoːtɬ/

Noun

coyotl anim (plural coyomeh)

1. (Calpan, Cholula and Milpa Alta) coyote.

Synonyms

• (coyote): koyochichi (Nanacamilpa)
• (coyote): itzkuinkoyotl (Texcoco)

Derived terms

Terms derived from coyotl

• Amecameca
• kwetlaxkoyotl
• pilkoyotl
• Milpa Alta
• cuetlaxcoyotl
• Huehuecoyotl
• pilcoyotl
• Texcoco
• itzkuinkoyotl
• koyopil

References

• Medina, Genaro (1999); online Curso de Náhuatl, Universidad de las Américas; San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
• Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, Editorial Hirata; Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• coiotl, cuyutl (obsolete)

Coyotl, “coyote”.

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojoːt͡ɬ/

Noun

coyotl anim (plural cocoyoh)

1. coyote (Canis latrans)
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:

     [f. 156v] Lobo o loba, o adiue. cuetlachtli.cuyutl.mayaquen.
     [f. 245r] Zorra o rrapoſa. coyotl.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 1, paragraph 2

     Ce tlacatl ipã qujçato: çacatla, eoatica, in coiotl

     (a man came upon a coyote sitting on the grassy plain)

Derived terms

• azcacoyotl
• coyonenemi
• cuetlachcoyotl, cuitlachcoyotl
• itzcuincoyotl
• tlalcoyotl

 

Proper nouns derived from coyotl

• Coyotepec
• Coyohuahcan
• Huehuecoyotl

Descendants

• Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koyotl
• Central Nahuatl: coyotl
• Central Nahuatl: koyot
• Guerrero Nahuatl: koyotl
• Pipil: kuyut
• Western Huasteca Nahuatl: koyotl
• → Spanish: coyote
  • → French: coyote
  • → English: coyote
  • → Lithuanian: kojotas
  • → Portuguese: coiote

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 43
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Charles E. Dibble, Arthur J. O. Anderson, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, page 7
• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 214

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

coyotl

1. Obsolete spelling of koyotl.

References

• Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.