cuatrillo
English
Etymology
From Spanish cuatrillo.
Noun
cuatrillo
- An obsolete letter (Ꜭ, ꜭ) shaped like a 4 with a hook, used in colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a velar ejective.
See also
- tresillo
Spanish
Etymology
cuatro (“four”) + -illo
Noun
cuatrillo m (plural cuatrillos)
- an obsolete letter shaped like a 4 with a hook from colonial Mayan orthographies to indicate a velar ejective
See also
- tresillo
Further reading
- “cuatrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014