meocuilin
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From metl (“maguey, agave”) + ocuilin (“worm”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meocuilin
- maguey worm
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 134r:
- Guſano de maguey. meocuilin.
(Maguey worm. meocuilin.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55v. col. 1:
- Meocuilin guſano de maguei.
(Meoculin. maguey worm.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 55