huilotl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

(Tlaxcala): uilotl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wiːloːtɬ/

Noun

huilotl

dove.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

uilotl (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wiːloːt͡ɬ/

Noun

huilotl

Dove; pigeon.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 187v.
  Paloma aue conocida. uilotl.

Descendants

Central Huasteca Nahuatl: uilotl
Central Nahuatl: huilotl
Mecayapan Nahuatl: hui̱lo̱'
Orizaba Nahuatl: wilotl
- Spanish: huilota

References

Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 90
Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 49, 251

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