tejón
See also: Tejon
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Late Latin taxonem, from a Germanic language, from Frankish *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Compare German Dachs and Dutch das.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
tejón m (plural tejones)
- European badger (Meles meles)
- Synonyms: tasugo, tejón común, tejón eurasiático, tejón europeo
- American badger (Taxidea taxus)
- Synonyms: bacher, juín, perro juín, puerco juín, tejón americano, tejón norteamericano, tlalcoyote
- (Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
- Synonyms: antón, coatí, coatí de nariz blanca, coati pizote, chico, chico-ataj, chiic, choluga, pizote, puerco espín de la tierra, tejón mexicano, tejón pizote
- (Tabasco, Chihuahua) raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Synonyms: chico, culú, lavador, mapache, mapachín, maxtlatón, osito lavador, oso lavandero, ratón lavandero, tejón solitario, tlamatón
- (Costa Rica) northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana)
- kinkajou (Potos flavus)
- Synonyms: bibana, colapinta, cusumbé, godoy, hormiguero, kinkajú, marta, martes, martica, martilla, martucha, mico de noche, micoleón, micuño, oso de Michoacán, oso melero, tancho
Hyponyms edit
- (gregarious (female or immature male) white-nosed coati): manadero, tejón de manada, tejón manadero
- (solitary (adult male) white-nosed coati): gato solo, pizote solo, solitario, tejón solo, tejón solitario
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: texu
References edit
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 595
Etymology 2 edit
From tejo (“tile, plate”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).
Noun edit
tejón m (plural tejones)
Further reading edit
- “tejón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014