cuauhtotolin

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From cuahuitl (“tree, wood”) +‎ tōtolin (“turkey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷawtoːˈtolin/

Noun

cuauhtōtolin (animate, plural cuauhtōtolmeh)

1. Crested Guan, Penelope purpurascens.
   • c. 1600, anonymous author, Anónimo mexicano, f. 11r:

     onca:ncanaía, tepe Zolime. totochtin, cuauhtotolim, Mazame, ozo lome, cuamíztin, tecuanímê, […]

     There were partridges, rabbits, fowl, deer, jaguars, mountain lions, and savage beasts; […]

References

• Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, transl. (2005), Anónimo Mexicano, Logan: Utah State University Press, page 29
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 65