cuanaca
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
cuāitl "head" + nacatl "flesh", referring to the chicken's comb. Compare cuanacatl.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cuānaca
- Chicken.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- Quanaca, aue de España, noquanacauh.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 218–219.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 60.