totolteehuatl
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- totolteeuatl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From tōtoltetl (“chicken egg”) + ēhuatl (“skin”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tōtolteēhuatl (inanimate)
- The inner lining of an egg; the eggshell membrane.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 112r. col. 1:
- Tela del hueuo. totolte euatl.
- The cloth of an egg. totolte euatl.
- Idem, f. 150v. col. 1.
- Totolteeuatl. tela de hueuo.
- Totolteeuatl. the cloth of an egg.
- Totolteeuatl. tela de hueuo.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 112r, 150v