coamichin
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
coamichin
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cōātl (“snake”) + michin (“fish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cōāmichin (animate)
- eel
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 18v:
- Anguilla. coamichi.
(An eel. coamichi.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 1:
- Coamichin. anguilla.
(Coamichin. eel.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 23