xaltozan

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• xaltoçan

Etymology

xālli "sand" + tozan "gopher"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːltosan/

Noun

xāltozan

1. a kind of gopher
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 156v:

     Liron animal. xaltoçan.uiçacotl.chachauatl.

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