colotl
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- (Amecameca, Jaltocán, Nanacamilpa, Texcoco and Tlaxcala): kolotl
- (Canoa): colutl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koːloːtɬ/
Noun
colotl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *kooloo-tl.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koːloːt͡ɬ/
Noun
cōlōtl
- Scorpion.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 112v:
- Eſcorpion alacran. colotl.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- ^ Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 267 of 262–279: “(139) scorpion *kooloo-”
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 214.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 41.
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *kooloo-tl.
Noun
colotl
References
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006), “Ocuiltzitzin”, in Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 12