pinacatl

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːnakat͡ɬ/

Noun

pīnacatl

1. A large reddish, flightless beetle.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 2:

   pinacatl. escarauajo grande y bermejo que no buela.

   (pinacatl. large reddish beetle that does not fly.)

Descendants

• Spanish: pinacate

References

• “pinacatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.