pinacatl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pīnacatl
- A large reddish, flightless beetle.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 2:
- pinacatl. escarauajo grande y bermejo que no buela.
- (pinacatl. large reddish beetle that does not fly.)
Descendants edit
- Spanish: pinacate
References edit
- “pinacatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.