chapolin
Central Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Nahuatl chapolin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chapolin (plural chapoltin)
- (Amecameca, Jaltocán, Milpa Alta and Texcoco) grasshopper, chapulin.
References edit
- Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, Editorial Hirata; Mexico City, Mexico.
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- chapulin, chapōlin (obsolete spelling)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chapolin (absolutive plural chapoltin or chāchapoltin)
- grasshopper, locust, chapulin
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 19r. col. 2:
- Chapulin. langoſta.
(Chapulin. locust.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
Proper nouns derived from chapolin
Descendants edit
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl: chapoli
- Central Nahuatl: chapulin, chapolin, chapoli
- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: chapolin
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl: chapoli
- Pipil: chapulin
- Spanish: chapulín
- English: chapulin
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Nahuatl chapolin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chapolin (plural chapolimeh)
References edit
- Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.