tototl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

tototl

1. bird

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːtoːtɬ/

Noun

tōtōtl (animate)

1. bird
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 29v.

     Aue generalmente. tototl.

   • 1555: ibid., f. 191r.

     Paxaro generalmente. tototl.

   • c1600: "Anónimo Mexicano", f. 8r.

     ocuícaya ce tototzintlí, ca quítoaya, tihuy, tihuy,,

     (a bird had sung and said "Let's go! Let's go!")

   • c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r

     ca maçatl. tochtli. tequani. cohuatl. tototl. yn quiminaya.

     (With their arrows they shot deer, rabbits, fierce animals, snakes, and birds.)

2. penis
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 171v

     Miembro del hombre. tepulli.tototl.

   • 1555: ibid., f. 179v.

     Natura de macho. tepulli.tototl.

   • 1555: ibid., f. 197r.

     Pixa. tepulli.tototl.

Derived terms

• tōtōtetl

• tōtōzacatl

• xiuhtōtōtl

See also

• tōtolin

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 256
• Anónimo Mexicano, ed. and trans. by Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Logan: Utah State University Press, 2005, page 21
• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 70–71
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 249
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 240

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tototl

Noun

tototl (plural totome)

1. bird

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

tototl

1. bird