tlölöxa

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Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Cf. Classical Nahuatl tlālāxin.

Noun

tlölöxa (plural tlölöxte)

  1. a kind of tick (Ornithodoros talaje)

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 23, 97, 240