tepezcuintle
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Nahuatl tepetl (“mountain, hill”) + itzcuīntli (“dog”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /tepeθˈkwintle/ [t̪e.peθˈkwĩn̪.t̪le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /tepesˈkwintle/ [t̪e.pesˈkwĩn̪.t̪le]
- Rhymes: -intle
- Syllabification: te‧pez‧cuin‧tle
Noun edit
tepezcuintle m (plural tepezcuintles)
- (Mexico, Central America) paca (Agouti paca, large rodent)
- Synonyms: (Colombian Amazonia) borugo, (Panama) conejo pintado, (Colombia) guagua, (Ecuador) guanta, (Northwestern Colombia) guartinaja, (Bolivia) jochi pintado, (Venezuela, Colombian Llanos) lapa, majaz, (Peru) paca, tinajo
Further reading edit
- “tepezcuintle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014