colotl
Central Nahuatl edit
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colotl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nahuan *koolootl.
Pronunciation edit
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cōlōtl
- Scorpion.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 112v:
- Eſcorpion alacran. colotl.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 214.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 41.
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nahuan *koolootl.
Noun edit
colotl
References edit
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) “Ocuiltzitzin”, in Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 12