cuitlacochin
Central Nahuatl
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcuitlacochin (inanimate)
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editUncertain. Perhaps related to cuitlatl (“excrement”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuitlacochin (animate and inanimate)
- (inanimate) (it is) an ear of maize infected with corn smut.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 80r. col. 1:
- Maçorca de mayz dañada o degenerada. cuitlaco- / chin.
- A damaged or degenerate ear of maize. cuitlacochin.
- Idem, f. 27. col. 1.
- Cuitlacochin . maçorca de mayz degenerada y / diferente delas otras.
- Cuitlacochin. a degenerate ear of maize that is different from the others.
- Cuitlacochin . maçorca de mayz degenerada y / diferente delas otras.
- (animate) (it is) a species of songbird, Toxostoma curvirostre; the curve-billed thrasher.
Synonyms
edit- (songbird): cuitlacochtōtōtl
Descendants
edit- → Spanish: huitlacoche
- → English: huitlacoche
References
edit- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 80, 27
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