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Northern Puebla Nahuatl
Etymology
tecolotl (“owl”) + xochitl (“flower”)
Noun
tecoloxochitl
- orchid
References
- Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42) (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 192, 246