Classical Nahuatl

Noun

conētl ‎(animate, plural cōconeh)

1. A child; a boy or a girl.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 140r.

     Hijo generalmente. tepiltzin. tetelpuch. y las mugeres dizen. noconeuh.

     A son generally. tepiltzin. tetelpuch. and the women say: noconeuh.)

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 23v. col. 2.

     Cocone .niños o niñas.

     (Cocone. boys or girls.)

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 24v. col. 1.

     Conetl. niño o niña .

     (Conetl. a boy or a girl.)

Usage notes

Usually used to refer to the child of woman.

Synonyms

• pilli, piltzintli, piltontli

Derived terms

• cuicuitzcaconetl
• mizconetl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 214
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 41
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 215