cuanaca

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

cuāitl "head" + nacatl "flesh", referring to the chicken's comb. Compare cuanacatl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʷaːnaka/

Noun

cuānaca

  1. 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)

Synonyms

References
  • 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.
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