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Where does “cuicanitototl” come from?

cuicanitototl (Classical Nahuatl) comes from Classical Nahuatl cuīcani, from Classical Nahuatl -ni — Marks a verb's habitual or customary present...

cuicanitototl (Classical Nahuatl): songbird

Definitions

  1. songbird

Ancestry of “cuicanitototl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Nahuatlcuīcanisinger
2Classical Nahuatl-niMarks a verb's habitual or customary present...
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