tilmahocuilin
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- tilmaocuilin (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From tilmahtli (“cloak”) + ocuilin (“worm, larva”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tilmahocuilin (animate)
- clothes moth larva
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 198v:
- Polilla. tilmaocuilin.quachocuilin.
- Moth larva. tilmaocuilin. quachocuilin.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 97r. col. 1:
- Polilla. tilmaocuilin. quachocuilin.
- Moth larva. tilmaocuilin. quachocuilin.
- Idem, f. 113r. col. 2.
- Tilma ocuilin . polilla de ropa.
- Tilma ocuilin. clothes moth larva.
- Tilma ocuilin . polilla de ropa.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 97, 2