cueyatl

Central Nahuatl

Cueyatl, “frog”.

Alternative forms

• (Texcoco): kuiyatl
• (Tlaxcala): kueye

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cueyatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʷejatɬ]

Noun

cueyatl

1. frog.

Synonyms

• acueyatl

References

• Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, Editorial Hirata; Mexico City, Mexico.
• Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Jaltocán variant, Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• cuiyatl, cueiatl (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *kʷəya-tl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kwaya-ta (“frog”).

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan babáádai, O'odham babad and Southeastern Tepehuan babadu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʷéjat͡ɬ]

Noun

cueyatl anim (plural cuecueyah)

1. (it is) a frog.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 208r:

     Rana. cueyatl.cuiyatl.acacuiyatl.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1

     Auh in pipiltotonti muchintin qujntlaxqujaia: yn aca coatl: cujiatl, xoujli, axolotl, tototl

     (And all the little children roasted some snakes, frogs, small white fish, the axolotl, birds)

   • c. 1609, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 26r:

     yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin. yn cueyame. yn axollome. yn acociltin. aneneztin. ahuihuitlame yn axaxayacatl. yn quatecomatl. yoyolli.
     (And fish now bred, and frogs, salamanders, crayfish, draonfly, larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• acueyatl

Derived terms

• acacueyatl
• cueyamolli

Related terms

• atepocatl
• cacatl
• calatl
• tamazolin

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962), Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 82, 121
• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
• Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 71
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 30

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cueyatl.

Noun

cueyatl

1. frog