tzopilotl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Cholula) tzohpilotl
• (Tlaxcala) sopilotl

Noun

tzopilotl (animate)

1. turkey vulture

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsopiːloːtɬ/

Noun

tzopīlōtl

1. A vulture or buzzard.

Derived terms

• tzopilotetl

Descendants

• Spanish: zopilote

See also

• cozcacuauhtli

References

• Campbell, R. Joe (1997) “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011
• Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 319
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 241