chicuahtli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• chiquatli
• chiquâtli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃiːkʷaʔtɬi/

Noun

chīcuahtli

1. Barn owl, Tyto alba.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:

     Lehcuza [sic] aue dela noche. chiquatli. chichtli.

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   • 1673, Augustin de Vetancurt, Arte de lingua mexicana:

     Otimotetzâhui iniquac tzatzi intecolotl, in chiquâtli?
     Tuviſte por aguero, que el buho, ò lechuza gritaſſe?

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References

• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 51.