tlalcoyote

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlālcoyōtl, from tlālli (“ground”) + coyōtl (“coyote”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /tlalkoˈʝote/ [t̪lal.koˈʝo.t̪e] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /tlalkoˈʃote/ [t̪lal.koˈʃo.t̪e] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /tlalkoˈʒote/ [t̪lal.koˈʒo.t̪e] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: tlal‧co‧yo‧te

Noun

tlalcoyote m (plural tlalcoyotes)

  1. (Mexico) American badger

References

  • Robelo, Cecilio A. (1912) Diccionario de Aztequismos, new ed. edition, México: Imp. del Museo n. de arquelogía, historia y etnología, page 104
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