Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• yepatl

Noun

epatl

1. Skunk.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1, chapter 1, paragraph 5

     In nanaoati: çã cõpetztoloa, in jiel epatl, qujl ic pati, in nanaoatl.

     (Those who have pustules merely swallow skunk spray; it is said that with it the pustules heal.)

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 105, 249
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 78
• 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, pages 13–14