tlalcoyote

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlālcoyōtl, from tlālli (“ground”) + coyōtl (“coyote”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /tlalkoˈʝote/ [t̪lal.koˈʝo.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tlalkoˈʃote/ [t̪lal.koˈʃo.t̪e]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tlalkoˈʒote/ [t̪lal.koˈʒo.t̪e]

  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: tlal‧co‧yo‧te

Noun

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tlalcoyote m (plural tlalcoyotes)

  1. (Mexico) American badger

References

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  • Robelo, Cecilio A. (1912) Diccionario de Aztequismos, new ed. edition, México: Imp. del Museo n. de arquelogía, historia y etnología, page 104
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