oztotl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

(Tlaxcala): ostotl

Noun

oztotl

cave, mine, hole

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oːstoːt͡ɬ/

Noun

ōztōtl

cave
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 46v:
  Cauerna cueua. oztotl.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

cozticteocuitlaoztotl
Oztoman

References

Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 243
Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 181
Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 228

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

oztotl

Obsolete spelling of ostotl

References

Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.

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