tlalcoyote

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlālcoyōtl, from tlālli (“ground”) + coyōtl (“coyote”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tlalkoˈʝote/ [t̪lal.koˈʝo.t̪e]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /tlalkoˈʝote/ [t̪lal.koˈʝo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tlalkoˈʃote/ [t̪lal.koˈʃo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tlalkoˈʒote/ [t̪lal.koˈʒo.t̪e]

• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: tlal‧co‧yo‧te

Noun

tlalcoyote m (plural tlalcoyotes)

1. (Mexico) American badger

References

• Robelo, Cecilio A. (1912) Diccionario de Aztequismos, new ed. edition, México: Imp. del Museo n. de arquelogía, historia y etnología, page 104