Nahuat

tekulut

noun

/te·ku·lut/

Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco · Lyle Campbell

Meanings

  1. 1

    owl

    Documented in , , ,

    Sources: Schultze Jena (1935), Baratta (1951), Todd (1953), Campbell (1985), Hernández (2019), Ordóñez (2026)

Forms

plural
tejtekulutSources: Campbell (1985)

Pronunciation

  • Tajtzin Francisco Tepas (elder) · Nahuizalco

    recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com

  • Tajtzin Miguel Osorio (elder) · Ataco

    recorded by Lyle Campbell · Lyle Campbell · audio adapted by nahuat.com

The records this word rests on, as each source gives them, with reading errors from the scans corrected.

  • teculutin Alan King's standard spelling: tekulut

    Todd (1953) · Nahuizalco

    Spanish
    buho, tecolote
  • tekulut

    Schultze Jena (1935) · Izalco

    Spanish
    tecolote
  • Tecúlutin nahuat.com's standard spelling: tekulut

    Baratta (1951) · p. 294 · The Izalcos (Izalco and Nahuizalco)

    Spanish
    Tecolote
    As printed
    Tecolote — Tecúlut
  • tekulu:-tin Alan King's standard spelling: tekulut

    Campbell (1985) · Cuisnahuat, Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    Town
    Cuisnahuat (Q)
    Spanish
    tecolote
    English
    owl
    Plural
    tehtekulu:t
    Diminutive
    tekulu:-tsn "little owl" (tecolotillo)
    On the etymology
    CN tekolotl (Car.) buho; PN *tëkolo:-
    Town
    Santo Domingo de Guzmán (W)
    Pronunciation
    [tegulu:t]
  • Tekulut

    Hernández (2019) · No town

    Spanish
    tecolote, búho
    As printed
    Tekulut tecolote, búho
  • tekulut

    Ordóñez (2026) · No town

    sus.
    Scientific name
    Strigidae
    Definition
    [Strigidae] búho, tecolote, tecolotío. Ini wilut tekulut u tutut. Esta ave es un tecolote, o un pájaro.
    As printed
    tekulut sus. [Strigidae] búho, tecolote, tecolotío. Ini wilut tekulut u tutut. Esta ave es un tecolote, o un pájaro.

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Sources

  • Schultze Jena, Mythen in der Muttersprache der Pipil von Izalco (1935), recorded 1930
  • Baratta, Cuzcatlán típico (1951)
  • Todd, Notas del náhuat de Nahuizalco (1953)
  • Campbell, The Pipil Language of El Salvador (1985), recorded 1970–1976
  • Hernández, Nawat Mujmusta (2019)
  • Ordóñez, Diccionario náhuat (2026)