tlilcoatl

Nahuatl

Alternative forms

ti̱lcohua̱' (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Etymology

tlilli (“charcoal; ink; black”) +‎ coatl (“snake”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiːlkowaːʔ/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Noun

tlilcoatl

A kind of black snake.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 33v.
  Biuora mui negra. tlilcoatl.

References

Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 308
Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 192, 226, 264

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