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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin taxus.
Noun
texu m (plural texos)
- yew
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tejón (“badger; coati; raccoon”), from Latin taxō.
Pronunciation
Noun
texu (plural tietexunte)
- white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
- Synonym: piesojtli̱
- raccoon (Procyon lotor)
References
- Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 62, 95, 173, 227