cuitlapilli
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
cuitlatl (“excrement”) + pilli (“child”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʷiˈt͡ɬapilli/
Noun
cuitlapilli (possessive singular īcuitlapil)
- tail, rear
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 27r. col. 2.:
- cuitlapilli. cola, o rabo de animal, o de aue.
- cuitlapilli. rear, or tail of an animal or bird.
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Derived terms
- cuitlapilāna (verb)
- cuitlapilayacachoa (verb)
- cuitlapilcotoc
- cuitlapilhuīhuītla (verb)
- cuitlapilli ahtlapalli
- cuitlapilloh
- cuitlapilohōlīniā (verb)
- cuitlapiltequi (verb)
- cuitlapiltia (verb)
- teōcalcuitlapilli
- tilmahcuitlapilli
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 73