tlilcoatl
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Central Nahuatl
Noun
tlilcoatl
- Black snake.
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Tetelcingo Nahuatl tlilcohuatl.
Noun
tlīlcōātl
- Middle American indigo snake (Drymarchon melanurus).
- c. 1576, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, volume 3, lib. II, cap. IV, párr. III, page 73v:
- ⸿ Acoatl: tlilcooatl, atlan chane
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 308
- Molina, Alonso de (1555) Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, Mexico: Juan Pablos, page 33v: “Biuora mui negra. tlilcoatl”
- Molina, Alonso de (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, Mexico: Antonio de Spinosa, page 20r: “Biuora negra. tlilcoatl.”
- Molina, Alonso de (1571) Vocabulario en lengua mexican y castellana, Mexico: Antonio de Spinosa, page 141v: “Tlilcoatl. biuora negra.”