cuauhtlah

See also: Cuauhtlah

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• cuauhtla, quauhtla (obsolete spellings)
• cuahcuauhtlah

Etymology

From cuahuitl (“tree”) +‎ -tlah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʷaw.t͡ɬaʔ]

Noun

cuauhtlah (locative)

1. (in) a forest, grove or other wooded area.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 22v:

     Arboleda.  quauhtla.

     A grove.  quauhtla.

   • Idem, f. 35v.

     Boſque de arboles.  quauhtla.quaquauhtla.

     A forest of trees.  quauhtla.quaquauhtla.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87r. col. 1:

     Quauhtla. montaña, arboleda o boſque.

     Quauhtla. a mountain, grove or forest.

   • c. 1600, anonymous author, Anónimo mexicano, f. 1v:

     auh yn zan onenque cuauh tla tepetla ocacic macuilpohualli Yhuă nahui xiuh tíca,

     and they just wandered in the forests and the mountains for one hundred and four years.

   • Idem, f. 11r.

     mochíhícxitlanhuíc manticatca, oncan yecate paca yotica. necehuiliztíca atlan, cuauhtla, tepetlan, o-yaia tlamati[…]

     When it was all completed, they were happily resting together there near water and an abundance of trees, among the mountains.

References

• Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, transl. (2005), Anónimo Mexicano, Utah State University Press, page 29
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 87