tecpin

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tecpintli

Pronunciation

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Noun

tecpin (animate)

flea
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 204v:
  Pulga. tecpin.
  A flea. tecpin.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 99v. col. 2:
  Pulga. tecpin. tecpintli.
  A flea. tecpin. tecpintli.
- Idem, f. 93v. col. 1.
  Tecpin. pulga.
  Tecpin. a flea.

Derived terms

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 99, 93

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