tlalcoyotl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tlalcoyutl, tlalcuyutl (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From tlālli (“earth”) +‎ coyōtl (“coyote”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɬaːɬˈko.joːt͡ɬ]

Noun

tlālcoyōtl (animate)

American badger
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 123v. col. 2.
  Tlalcoyutl.cierto adiue que ſe eſconde debaxo / dela tierra y la caua como la tuçan. […] / Tlalcuyutl.lo meſmo que es tlalcoyutl.
  Tlacoyutl. a certain animal that hides beneath the earth and digs it up like the gopher. […] / Tlalcuyutl. the same thing as tlalcoyutl.

Descendants

Spanish: tlalcoyote

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 123

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