sancuro

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zancudo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sankuɾo/, [saŋˈkuɾo]

Noun

sancuro (plural sancurojte)

  1. mosquito
    • [1956], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, transl., Informe al pueblo de las autoridades de la Campaña para la Erradicación del Paludismo en México‎[1]:
      Tlo̱ majfichis calme ipa inu loco̱r co̱ni onca siesecuilistli tiquijcuinisqui inu tiemajmo̱hualistli porque mijmiquisqui sancurojte tli tiemajmo̱huanime.
      If the houses in the area where the malaria is are sprayed, we will avoid the infection, because the infectious mosquitoes will die.

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