tototl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːtoːtɬ/

Noun

tototl

1. bird

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Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːtoːtɬ/

Noun

tototl

1. (Amecameca, Cholula, Milpa Alta, Texcoco and Tlaxcala): bird
2. (Milpa Alta and Tlaxcala): penis

References

• Héctor Mancilla Sepúlveda (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, (dialecto de Amecameca), Editorial Hirata; Mexico City, Mexico.
• Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Amecameca variant, Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːtoːt͡ɬ/

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

• quetzaltototl
• tototetl
• totozacatl
• xiuhtototl

Descendants

• Central Nahuatl: tototl
• Coatepec Nahuatl: tutu

See also

• totolin

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːtoːtɬ/

Noun

tototl (plural totomeh)

1. bird

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Guerrero Nahuatl

Noun

tototl

1. bird

References

• Aburto M., Pascual (2003); Tiuelis titlajtlajtos Náhuatl Puede hablar el Náhuatl, Náhuatl de Guerrero y español, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano AC (SIL); ILV segunda edición, Tlalpan, Mexico City. Mexico.

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Temascaltepec Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːtoːtɬ/

Noun

tototl

1. bird

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːtoːtɬ/

Noun

tototl

1. bird