zayolin
Central Nahuatl edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zayolin
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Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- çayulin, zāyōlin (obsolete spelling)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zāyōlin
- A fly.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana, f. 176r:
- Moſca volatile conocida. çayulin.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References edit
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 268.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 347.