totoltetl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From tōtolin (“turkey”) + tetl (“stone, egg”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [toːˈtoɬ.tet͡ɬ]
Noun
tōtoltetl (absolutive plural tōtoltemeh)
- an egg, especially that of a turkey
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 150v. col. 1.
- totoltetl. hueuo.
- (totoltetl. an egg.)
Derived terms
- tōtoltepōhua (verb)
- tōtoltetl īcōztica
- tōtoltetl ītehuilotca
- tōtoltetl īyiztāca
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 256.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 248.