cuacuahuitl

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Central Nahuatl

Noun

cuacuahuitl

horn, antler.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From cuāitl (“head”) +‎ cuahuitl (“tree, wood”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʷaːˈkʷawit͡ɬ/

Noun

cuācuahuitl (inanimate)

antler, horn
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 59v:
  Cuerno de animal. quaquauitl.
  (Horn of an animal. quaquauitl.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 85v. col. 2:
  Quaquauitl. cuerno de animal, o aſtas.
  (Quaquauitl. horn of an animal, or antlers.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 56
Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 85

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