quiliton
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- quilito (obsolete or historical spelling)
Etymology[edit]
According to Rémi Siméon, from quilitl (“edible herb”), because of its green color, + -tōn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quilitōn (animate)
- (it is) a small parrot, either the Mexican parrotlet, Forpus cyanopygius or the olive-throated parakeet, Eupsittula nana.
- 16th c.: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, vol. 3. f. 23v. col. 1.
- Ay otra manera de papagayos q / sellama, qujliton: son estos chiquj / llos, tienen la cabeça colorada, el / cuerpo todo verde : los escudos de / las alas coloradas. Comen mahiz / frisoles, deprenden a hablar : / habla loque le moestra.
- There is another kind of parrot that is called quiliton: these are small, they have red heads, the entire body is green, part of the wings is red. They eat corn and beans, they [can] learn to speak, and speak what is taught to them.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aquí comiença un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188r:
- Papagayo chiquito. quiliton.
- A small parrot. quiliton.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 92r. col. 2:
- Papagayo chiquito. quiliton.
- A small parrot. quiliton.
- Idem, f. 89v. col. 2.
- Quilito. papagayo chiquito.
- Quilito. a small parrot.
- Quilito. papagayo chiquito.
- 16th c.: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, vol. 3. f. 23v. col. 1.
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa