xohuilin

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• xoujli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃowili(n)/

Noun

xohuilin

1. Catfish.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1

     Auh in pipiltotonti muchintin qujntlaxqujaia: yn aca coatl: cujiatl, xoujli, axolotl, tototl

     (And all the little children roasted some snakes, frogs, small white fish, the axolotl, birds)

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 330
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 30