coxolihtli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• coxolitli (obsolete)

Etymology

Cf. Northern Puebla Nahuatl coxolihtli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko(ː)ʃo(ː)ˈliʔt͜ɬi]

The lengths of the first two vowels are uncertain.

Noun

coxolihtli

1. crested guan (Penelope purpurascens)
   • [1651, Francisco Hernández, Historiae animalium et mineralium Novae Hispaniae [Histories of the animals and minerals of New Spain] (overall work in Latin), page 23:

     De Coxolitli quam Phaſianum patrium vocant.

     Of the coxolitli which they call the paternal pheasant.]

Derived terms

• cuauhcoxolihtli

References

• Molina, Alonso de (1555) Aqui comiença vn vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mexicana (in Spanish), Mexico: Juan Pablos, page 121v: “Fayſan aue. coxolitli.”
• Molina, Alonso de (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (in Spanish), Mexico: Antonio de Spinosa, page 51v: “Fayſan aue.coxolitli.”
• Molina, Alonso de (1571) Vocabulario en lengua mexicana y castellana (in Spanish), Mexico: Antonio de Spinosa, page 24v: “Coxolitli.faiſan.”

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Cf. Classical Nahuatl coxolihtli (“crested guan”).

Noun

coxolihtli

1. a kind of plant (Bocconia sp.) (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎^[1] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 21