icahuayo in ahmo cuali tlacatl

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Calque of Spanish caballo del diablo (“damselfly”, literally “the devil's horse”), variant of caballito del diablo.

Noun

icahuayo in ahmo cuali tlacatl

  1. dragonfly, damselfly (Odonata)
    Synonyms: sayolatl, isayol in atl

References
  • Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎ (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 42
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