Caxtillan totolin
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- castillan totolin (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Caxtīllan (“Castile; Spain”) + tōtolin (“turkey hen”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Caxtīllān tōtolin (animate)
- hen
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 65r. col. 1:
- Gallina de caſtilla o gallo. quanaca. vel.caſtillan to / tolin.
- A Castilian hen or cock. quanaca. vel. caſtillan totolin.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 65r