chicuahtli
Classical Nahuatl
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editchīcuahtli
- Barn owl, Tyto alba.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:
- Lehcuza [sic] aue dela noche. chiquatli. chichtli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1673, Augustin de Vetancurt, Arte de lingua mexicana:
- Otimotetzâhui iniquac tzatzi intecolotl, in chiquâtli?
Tuviſte por aguero, que el buho, ò lechuza gritaſſe?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
edit- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 51.