xicohtli
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- xicotli
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːkoʔtɬi/
Noun
xīcohtli
- a kind of large bee
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana
- Abeja grande de miel que horada los arboles. xicotli.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana
Derived terms
- xīcohcuitlatl
Descendants
- Portuguese: chicote (possibly)
- Spanish: jicote
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 264.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 324.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 241.