itzcuincoyotl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

itzcuintli (“dog”) +‎ coyotl (“coyote”)

Noun

itzcuincoyotl

  1. (Zacatlán, Ahuacatlán and Tepetzintla) coyote (Canis latrans)
    • 2003, Elizabeth Márquez Hernández, In itzcuincoyotl uan tochtli (2005), p. 1
      Se tonal ocatca se itzcuincoyotl tlen simi omayanaya
      (One day there was a coyote that was very hungry)

References
  • Márquez Hernández, Elizabeth (2006) Pequeño Diccionario Ilustrado‎, 2nd ed. edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 10
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