coaehuatl
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- coaeuatl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom cōātl (“snake”) + ēhuatl (“skin, hide”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcōāēhuatl (inanimate)
- snakeskin
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 32v. col. 2:
- Cuero de culebra. coaeuatl. Et ſic de alijs.
- The hide of a snake. coaeuatl. Et sic de aliis. (Latin for "and so on", referring to the possible compounds following the pattern "animal name" + "ēhuatl (“skin”)" not listed by the author).
- Idem, f. 23r. col. 1.
- Coaeuatl. pellejo, o hollejo de culebra .
- Coaeuatl. the hide, or the [shed] skin of a snake.
- Coaeuatl. pellejo, o hollejo de culebra .
References
edit- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 32, 23