chicuahtli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃiːkʷaʔtɬi/

Noun

chīcuahtli

  1. Barn owl, Tyto alba.
    • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
      Lehcuza [sic] aue dela noche. chiquatli. chichtli.
    • 1673: Augustin de Vetancurt, Arte de lingua mexicana
      Otimotetzâhui iniquac tzatzi intecolotl, in chiquâtli?
      Tuviſte por aguero, que el buho, ò lechuza gritaſſe?

References
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 51.
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