cuitlatl

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷitɬatɬ/

Noun

cuitlatl

1. (Milpa Alta) excrement

Derived terms

• cuitlacochin
• teocuitlatl
• xicohcuitlatl
• yacacuitlatl

References

• Meza Patiño, Isidoro (2017); online Aprendamos el idioma Náhuatl, Matinahuatlahtolzalocan; Milpa Alta variant, Government of Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *kʷitla-tl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kwittaC-ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷit͡ɬat͡ɬ/

Noun

cuitlatl

1. Excrement; feces.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:

     [f. 119r] Eſtiercol. cuitlatl.xixtli.nemanauilli.tlailli.
     [f. 171v] Mierda. cuitlatl.nemanauilli.tlayelli.tlailli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Possessive forms of cuitlatl

	Singular	Plural
1st person	nocuitl	tocuitl
2nd person	mocuitl	amocuitl
3rd person	īcuitl	īncuitl
impersonal	tēcuitl

Synonyms

• nemanahuilli
• tlahyelli

Derived terms

• cuitaocuilin
• cuitlatlotli
• cuitlaxcolli
• huitlacoche
• teocuitlatl

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 73–74

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *kʷitla-tl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kwittaC-ta.

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl cuitlatl.

Noun

cuitlatl

1. excrement, feces.

Derived terms

• huacaxcuitlatl