cenzontle
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl centzontleh, shortened form of centzontlahtōleh (“mockingbird”, literally “possessor of four hundred words”), from centzontli (“four hundred, a count of four hundred”) + tlahtōlli (“language, word, statement”) + -eh (“possessor of”).
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /θenˈθontle/, [θẽn̟ˈθõn̪t̪le]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /senˈsontle/, [sẽnˈsõn̪t̪le]
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