cuatrillo
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
cuatrillo
- An obsolete letter (Ꜭ, ꜭ) shaped like a 4 with a hook, used in colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a velar ejective.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From cuatro (“four”) + -illo.
Noun edit
cuatrillo m (plural cuatrillos)
- an obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook from colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a velar ejective
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “cuatrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014