Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• çoli, çolin

Noun

zōlin ‎(animate, plural zozoltin)

1. quail
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 47v.

     Codorniz. çoli.

     A quail. çoli.

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 25r. col. 1.

     çoçoltin . codornizes . […] / çolin. codorniz.

     çoçoltin. quails. […] / çolin. a quail.

Derived terms

References

• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 269
• Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 348
• James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 215
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 25