tacua̱tzi̱n

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Cf. Mecayapan Nahuatl tacuatzi̱n (“opossum”), Tetelcingo Nahuatl tlacuatzi (“opossum”). Doublet of tacua̱che.

Noun

tacua̱tzi̱n

Mexican tree porcupine (Coendou mexicanus)

References

Key, Harold, Ritchie de Key, Mary (1953) Vocabulario mejicano de la Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en cooperación con la Dirección General de Asuntos Indígenas de la Secretaría de Educación Pública, pages 103, 205

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