azcatl

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azcatl (pl.: azcameh)

  1. (zoologia) formica

Da * aztli ("strumento, utensile") + -catl ("entità associata con").[1]

  1. J. R. Andrews, Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, 2003, p. 284
  • Frances E. Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, 1983, p. 17