coamichin
Central Nahuatl
editNoun
editcoamichin
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom cōātl (“snake”) + michin (“fish”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcōāmichin (animate)
- eel
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 18v:
- Anguilla. coamichi.
(An eel. coamichi.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23r. col. 1:
- Coamichin. anguilla.
(Coamichin. eel.)- (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), Editorial Porrúa, page 23