Classical Nahuatl

Noun

pīnacatl

1. A large reddish, flightless beetle.

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 20v. col. 2.

     pinacatl. escarauajo grande y bermejo que no buela.

     (pinacatl. large reddish beetle that does not fly.)

Descendants

• Spanish: pinacate

References

• “pinacatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.