coyotl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

(Texcoco): itzkuinkoyotl
(Tlaxcala): koyotl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *koyootl. Classical Nahuatl coyotl.

Noun

coyotl

(Amecameca, Cholula and Milpa Alta) coyote.
(Texcoco) foreigner.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

coiotl, cuyutl (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkojoːt͡ɬ/

Noun

coyōtl anim (plural cōcoyoh)

coyote (Canis latrans)
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
  [f. 156v] Lobo o loba, o adiue. cuetlachtli.cuyutl.mayaquen.
  
  [f. 245r] Zorra o rrapoſa. coyotl.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 1, paragraph 2
  Ce tlacatl ipã qujçato: çacatla, eoatica, in coiotl
  
  (a man came upon a coyote sitting on the grassy plain)

Derived terms

azcacoyotl
coyonenemi
cuetlachcoyotl, cuitlachcoyotl
itzcuincoyotl
tlalcoyotl

Descendants

Central Huasteca Nahuatl: koyotl
Central Nahuatl: coyotl
Central Nahuatl: koyot
Pipil: kuyut
Western Huasteca Nahuatl: koyotl
→ Spanish: coyote
- → French: coyote
- → English: coyote
- → Lithuanian: kojotas

References

Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 43
Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, tr. by Charles E. Dibble & Arthur J. O. Anderson, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, page 7
Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 214

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

coyotl

Obsolete spelling of koyotl

References

Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.

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