totochiquihuitl
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 17 August 2018
Alternative forms
- totochiquiuitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From tōtōtl (“bird”) + chiquihuitl (“basket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [toː.toː.t͡ʃiˈki.wit͡ɬ]
Noun
tōtōchiquihuitl (inanimate)
- A bird's nest or nesting place.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 88v. col. 2:
- Nidal o nido d aues.tototapaçolli. tototecaxitli. to / tochiquiuitl.
- Nesting place or nest of birds. tototapaçolli. tototecaxitli. totochiquiuitl.
- Idem, f. 150v. col. 1.
- Totochiquiuitl. nido de paxaros.
- Totochiquiuitl. a nest or birds.
- Totochiquiuitl. nido de paxaros.
Synonyms
- (bird's nest): tapahzolli, tepahzolli, tōtōtapahzolli, tōtōtecaxtli
Hyponyms
- tlaxopochtli
References
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 150
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