ilamatototl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From ilama (“old woman”) + tōtōtl (“bird”), for its nondescript appearance.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ilamatōtōtl (animate)
- A canyon towhee (Melozone fusca), a solitary bird of inland Mexico and nearby US states
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 37r. col. 2:
- Ilama tototl.aue ſolitaria.
- Ilama tototl.a [species of] solitary bird.
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 37