totoltetl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

totoltetl

1. A hen egg, turkey hen egg.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tōtolin (“turkey”) +‎ tetl (“stone, egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [toːˈtoɬ.tet͡ɬ]

Noun

tōtoltetl (absolutive plural tōtoltemeh)

1. an egg, especially that of a turkey
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 150v. col. 1:

     totoltetl. hueuo.

     (totoltetl. an egg.)

Derived terms

• tōtoltepōhua (verb)
• tōtoltetl īcōztica
• tōtoltetl ītehuilotca
• tōtoltetl īyiztāca

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 256.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 248.