quetzaltototl
Central Nahuatl
editNoun
editquetzaltototl (animate)
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editEquivalent to quetzalli (“quetzal feather”) + tototl (“bird”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editquetzaltototl (animate, plural quetzaltotomeh)
- quetzal
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 89r. col. 2:
- Quetzaltototl. paxaro de plumas verdes muy ricas y eſtimadas.
- Quetzaltototl. a bird of green, highly-estemeed plumage.
Related terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- Louise M. Burkhart (2001) Before Guadalupe: The Virgin Mary in Early Colonial Nahuatl Literature, University at Albany, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, page 43
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- nci:Birds