coyotl
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Coyotl, “coyote”. 
Coyotl, “coyote”.
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *koyootl. Classical Nahuatl coyotl.
Pronunciation
Noun
coyotl anim (plural coyomeh)
- (Calpan, Cholula and Milpa Alta) coyote.
Synonyms
- (coyote): koyochichi (Nanacamilpa)
- (coyote): itzkuinkoyotl (Texcoco)
Derived terms
Terms derived from coyotl
- Amecameca
- kwetlaxkoyotl
- pilkoyotl
- Milpa Alta
- cuetlaxcoyotl
- Huehuecoyotl
- pilcoyotl
- Texcoco
- itzkuinkoyotl
- koyopil
References
- Medina, Genaro (1999); online Curso de Náhuatl, Universidad de las Américas; San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
- Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, Editorial Hirata; Mexico City, Mexico.
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.
Pronunciation
Noun
coyotl anim (plural cocoyoh)
- coyote (Canis latrans)
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:
- [f. 156v] Lobo o loba, o adiue. cuetlachtli.cuyutl.mayaquen.
[f. 245r] Zorra o rrapoſa. coyotl.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 1, paragraph 2
- Ce tlacatl ipã qujçato: çacatla, eoatica, in coiotl
- (a man came upon a coyote sitting on the grassy plain)
Derived terms
Proper nouns derived from coyotl
Descendants
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koyotl
- Central Nahuatl: coyotl
- Central Nahuatl: koyot
- Guerrero Nahuatl: koyotl
- Pipil: kuyut
- Western Huasteca Nahuatl: koyotl
- → Spanish: coyote
References
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 43
- Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Charles E. Dibble, Arthur J. O. Anderson, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, page 7
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 214
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Noun
coyotl
References
- Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.