chiltototl
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Noun
[edit]chiltototl
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From chīlli (“chili pepper”) + tōtōtl (“bird”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chīltōtōtl (animate)
- A bird of red plumage; Cardinalis cardinalis, the northern cardinal.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21r. col. 1:
- Chiltototl. paxaro de pluma colorada.
- Chiltototl. a bird of red plumage.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 21