cuanaca
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
cuāitl "head" + nacatl "flesh", referring to the chicken's comb. Compare cuanacatl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cuānaca
- Chicken.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- Quanaca, aue de España, noquanacauh.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 218–219.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 60.