ixoculin
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- yxocuili (historic or obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom īxtli (“the face”) + ocuilin (“a worm”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editīxocuilin anim (plural īxocuiltin or īxocuilmeh)
- (it is) a crab louse
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 46r. col. 2:
- Ixocuilin. ladilla.
- Ixocuilin. a crab louse.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 76v. col. 1:
- Ladilla. yxocuili. yxtamaçoliciuiztli.
A crab louse. yxocuili. yxtamaçoliciuiztli.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)