chicuahtli

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Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

chīcuahtli

  1. Barn owl, Tyto alba.
    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:
      Lehcuza aue dela noche. chiquatli. chichtli.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1673, Augustin de Vetancurt, Arte de lingua mexicana:
      Otimotetzâhui iniquac tzatzi intecolotl, in chiquâtli?
      Tuviſte por aguero, que el buho, ò lechuza gritaſſe?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 51.
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