pinacatl

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piːnakat͡ɬ/

Noun

pīnacatl

A large reddish, flightless beetle.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 2.
  
  pinacatl. escarauajo grande y bermejo que no buela.
  
  (pinacatl. large reddish beetle that does not fly.)

Descendants

Spanish: pinacate

References

“pinacatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

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