coxolihtli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cf. Northern Puebla Nahuatl coxolihtli.
Pronunciation[edit]
The lengths of the first two vowels are uncertain.
Noun[edit]
coxolihtli
- crested guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- [1651, Francisco Hernández, Historiae animalium et mineralium Novae Hispaniae [Histories of the animals and minerals of New Spain] (overall work in Latin), page 23:
- De Coxolitli quam Phaſianum patrium vocant.
- Of the coxolitli which they call the paternal pheasant.]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Molina, Alonso de (1555) Aqui comiença vn vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mexicana (in Spanish), Mexico: Juan Pablos, page 121v: “Fayſan aue. coxolitli.”
- Molina, Alonso de (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (in Spanish), Mexico: Antonio de Spinosa, page 51v: “Fayſan aue.coxolitli.”
- Molina, Alonso de (1571) Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana (in Spanish), Mexico: Antonio de Spinosa, page 24v: “Coxolitli.faiſan.”
Northern Puebla Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cf. Classical Nahuatl coxolihtli (“crested guan”).
Noun[edit]
coxolihtli
- a kind of plant (Bocconia sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)
References[edit]
- Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)[1] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 21