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tochtecolotl.

Headword: 
tochtecolotl.
Principal English Translation: 

ringdove (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
tōchtecolōtl
IPAspelling: 
toːtʃtekoloːtɬ
Frances Karttunen: 

TŌCHTECOLŌ-TL ringdove / paloma torcaz (Z) [(2)Zp.93,224]. Since neither of the birds generally known as ringdoves are indigenous to Mexico, the gloss does not make a clear identification among the many doves and pigeons of the area. Possibly this is Columba fasciata, a dove with a ring-like marking on the neck. See TŌCH-TLI, TECOLŌ-TL.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 242.

themes: 
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