cuacuahuitl
Appearance
Central Nahuatl
[edit]Noun
[edit]cuacuahuitl
- horn, antler.
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cuāitl (“head”) + cuahuitl (“tree, wood”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cuācuahuitl (inanimate)
- antler, horn
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 59v:
- Cuerno de animal. quaquauitl.
(Horn of an animal. quaquauitl.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 85v. col. 2:
- Quaquauitl. cuerno de animal, o aſtas.
(Quaquauitl. horn of an animal, or antlers.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
[edit]- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 56
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 85