cuauhtli

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Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

(Texcoco): kuauhtli
(Tlaxcala): kuaujtl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl cuauhtli.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cuauhtli

(Cholula and Milpa Alta) eagle

References

Medina, Genaro (1999); online Curso de Náhuatl, Universidad de las Américas; San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Jaltocán variant, Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.

Classical Nahuatl

The glyph for the day sign cuāuhtli “eagle”, from the Codex Magliabechiano.

Alternative forms

quauhtli (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

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Noun

cuāuhtli anim (plural cuācuāuhtin)

eagle
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 11r:
  Aguila. quauhtli.
  An eagle. quauhtli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87v. col. 1:
  Quauhtli. aguila.
  Quauhtli. an eagle.
- c. 1600, Unknown, Anónimo mexicano, f. 7r:
  oquitlalílique miec ytlahuitol, ce cuauhtlí tlacuicuítl, […]
  They buried him with very many of his things: his bow, an eagle carved of wood,
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 128r:
  Quāuhtli, 1. larga, el Aquila.
  Quāuhtli, first long, the eagle.
The fifteenth day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, represented conceptually by this animal.
- 16C: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 13r.
  macuil coautlj / q quiere dezir / çinco aguilas.
  macuil coautlj. which means “five eagles”.

Derived terms

Terms derived from cuauhtli

Proper nouns derived from cuauhtli

Descendants

Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koajtli
Central Nahuatl: cuahuitl

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 87v
Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 415
Horacio Carochi (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Lnaguage, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 470-71
Anónimo Mexicano, Logan: Utah State University Press, 2005, pages 19-20

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