tlacatecolotl
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
tlacatecolotl
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tlacatl (“person”) + tecolotl (“owl”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tlācatecolōtl (aboslutive plural tlātlācatecoloh)
- demon
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
- Demonio. tlacatecolotl. tzitzimitl. colelectli
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de todos sus adverbios, ed. by James Lockhart (2001)
- cencà tēmàmauhtìquè in tlātlacatecolô; son los Demonios muy espantosos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 257.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 252.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 235.