acocillin

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːkoːsiːllin/

Noun

ācōcīllin (plural ācōcīltin)

  1. Crayfish.
    • c1609, Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 26r
      yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin. yn cueyame. yn axollome. yn acociltin. aneneztin. ahuihuitlame yn axaxayacatl. yn quatecomatl. yoyolli.
      (And fish now bred, and frogs, salamanders, crayfish, dragonfly larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects)

References

  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 3
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