yohualtototl
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- youaltototl (nonstandard spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From yohualli (“night”) + tōtōtl (“bird”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yohualtōtōtl (animate, plural yohualtōtōmeh)
- nocturnal bird
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 41v. col. 1:
- Youaltotome. paxaros nocherniegos. / Youaltototl. paxaro nocherniego.
- Youaltotome. nocturnal birds. / Youaltototl. a nocturnal bird.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 41