Central Nahuatl

Noun

coyotl

1. coyote

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• coiotl (obsolete)
• cuyutl (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkojoːtɬ/

Noun

coyōtl ‎(plural cōcoyoh)

1. Coyote (Canis latrans).
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana

     [f. 156v] Lobo o loba, o adiue. cuetlachtli.cuyutl.mayaquen.

     [f. 245r] Zorra o rrapoſa. coyotl.

   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 1, paragraph 2

     Ce tlacatl ipã qujçato: çacatla, eoatica, in coiotl

     (a man came upon a coyote sitting on the grassy plain)

Derived terms

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 43
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, tr. by Charles E. Dibble & Arthur J. O. Anderson, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, page 7
• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 214