tecolotl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

tecolotl

1. owl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tecolutl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *təkoloo-tl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tukuL(i)-ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈkoloːtɬ/

Noun

tecolōtl (plura tētecoloh or tecolōmeh)

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

     Buho. tecolutl.

     Owl. tecolutl.

   • 1673, Augustin de Vetancurt, Arte de lengua mexicana:

     Otimotetzâhui iniquac tzatzi intecolotl, in chiquâtli?

     Did you take it as a bad omen when the owl hooted?

Derived terms

• tlacatecolotl

Descendants

• → Spanish: tecolote

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 251.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 216.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 232.

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Noun

tecolotl

1. owl

Derived terms

• tecoloxochitl

References

• Brockway, Earl; Hershey de Brockway, Trudy; Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018), Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎^[2] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 192