pinacatl
Classical Nahuatl
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editNoun
editpīnacatl
- A large reddish, flightless beetle.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 2:
- pinacatl. escarauajo grande y bermejo que no buela.
- (pinacatl. large reddish beetle that does not fly.)
Descendants
edit- Spanish: pinacate
References
edit- “pinacatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.