cuitlapilli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

cuitlatl (“excrement”) +‎ pilli (“child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷiˈt͡ɬapilli/

Noun

cuitlapilli (possessive singular īcuitlapil)

1. tail, rear
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 27r. col. 2.:

     cuitlapilli. cola, o rabo de animal, o de aue.

     cuitlapilli. rear, or tail of an animal or bird.

Derived terms

• cuitlapilāna (verb)
• cuitlapilayacachoa (verb)
• cuitlapilcotoc
• cuitlapilhuīhuītla (verb)
• cuitlapilli ahtlapalli
• cuitlapilloh
• cuitlapilohōlīniā (verb)
• cuitlapiltequi (verb)
• cuitlapiltia (verb)
• teōcalcuitlapilli
• tilmahcuitlapilli

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 73