cuautuza

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Nahuan language; cf. Highland Puebla Nahuatl cuautu̱san (“a kind of gopher [?]”). See also tuza (“gopher”), taltuza (“gopher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwauˈtuθa/ [kwau̯ˈt̪u.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kwauˈtusa/ [kwau̯ˈt̪u.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -usa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: cuau‧tu‧za

Noun

cuautuza f (plural cuautuzas)

1. agouti (Dasyprocta sp.)
2. lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)

References

• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 583