cuanaca

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• quanaca

Etymology

cuāitl "head" + nacatl "flesh", referring to the chicken's comb. Compare cuanacatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷaːnaka/

Noun

cuānaca

1. Chicken.
   • 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)

     Quanaca, aue de España, noquanacauh.

Synonyms

• totolin

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 218–219.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 60.