moyotl

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoːjoːt͡ɬ/

Noun

mōyōtl (absolutive plural mōmōyoh or mōyōmeh)

mosquito
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 176v.
  Moſquito- moyotl.
  
  (Mosquito- moyotl.)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87r. col. 1.
  Moſquito.moyotl.vel,muyotl.
  
  (Mosquito.moyotl.vel,muyotl.)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 87r. col. 2.
  Moxquito,cantor y çancudo. muyotl.
  
  (Mosquito, singing and leggy. muyotl.)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 58v. col. 1.
  Moyotl. moxquito.
  
  (Moyotl. mosquito.)

Derived terms

āmōyōtl
tlemōyōtl

Descendants

Spanish: moyote

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 154
J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 238

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