conetl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

conetl

1. Child, son.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *konee-tl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *konï-ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkóneːt͡ɬ]

Noun

conētl anim (plural cōconeh)

1. (it is) a child; a boy or a girl.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 140r:

     Hijo generalmente. tepiltzin. tetelpuch. y las mugeres dizen. noconeuh.
     A son generally. tepiltzin. tetelpuch. and the women say: noconeuh.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23v. col. 2:

     Cocone .niños o niñas.
     (Cocone. boys or girls.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 24v. col. 1:

     Conetl. niño o niña .
     (Conetl. a boy or a girl.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (in compounds) (it is) the offspring of an animal

Usage notes

Usually used to refer to the child of woman.

Synonyms

• pilli, piltzintli, piltontli

Derived terms

• cuicuitzcaconetl
• mizconetl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003), Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 214
• Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 41
• Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 215

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

conetl

1. obsolete spelling of konetl

References

• Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.