tocaletl. | Nahuatl Dictionary

Headword:

tocaletl.

Principal English Translation:

cicada (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

tōcalētl

IPAspelling:

toːkɑleːtɬ

Frances Karttunen:

TŌCALĒ-TL, pl.: -MEH, cicada / chicharra (T)[(1)Tp.242].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 242.

themes:

Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.