patox
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Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Noun
patox
- Duck.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Spanish patos, plural of pato (“duck”). Compare huacax (“cow”), çapatox (“shoe”).
Noun
patox
- Domestic duck.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 190v:
- Pato anade domeſtica. canauhtli. caſtillã canauhtli.patox.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Noun
patox
- duck.
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish patos (“ducks”).
Noun
patox
- Duck.
References
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) “Tlen itquitah itich in iluicactli”, in Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 8