cihtontli
Appearance
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- citontli (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cihtōntli (animate)
- diminutive of cihtli; a young hare, a leveret.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 153r:
- Lebraſtilla. citepitõ. citontli.
(A leveret. citepitõ. citontli.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 1:
- Citontli. lebraſtilla o lebraſton.
(Citontli. a leveret.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 22