eloocuil. | Nahuatl Dictionary

Headword:

eloocuil.

Principal English Translation:

maize worm (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

ēlōocuil

IPAspelling:

eːloːokwil

Frances Karttunen:

ĒLŌOCUIL-IN pl: -TIN maize worm / gusano de elote (T) [(1)Tp.249]. See ĒLŌ-TL, OCUIL-IN.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 77.

themes:

Corn, Maize