cuahuiztexochitl

== Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === cuauhiztexochitl, quauhiztesuchitl, quauhyztexochitl, quaviztisuchitl === Etymology === From cuāhuiztetl (“eagle's talon”) +‎ xōchitl (“flower”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʷaːwisteʃoːtʃitɬ/ IPA(key): /kʷaːwistiʃoːtʃitɬ/ === Noun === cuāhuiztexōchitl A kind of flower. 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 7, paragraph 10 QUAUHIZTESUCHITL, QUAVIZTISUCHITL, xivitl, xoxoctic in jatlapal: texoti in jcueponca, coltic: iuhqujn quauhtli izti ic ca (QUAUHIZTEXOCHITL, QUAUHIZTIXOCHITL. It is an herb. Its leaves are green; its blossom is blue. It is curved, like an eagle talon.) 17C: Lope de Vega, Bartolomé de Alva (tr.), La madre de la mejor, f. 64v. Cuecuepocatimani in quauhyztexochitl. (The eagle-talon flower [etc.] spread about bursting into bloom.) === References === Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963), Charles E. Dibble, Arthur J. O. Anderson, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 211 Sell, Barry D., Louise M. Burkhart, Elizabeth R. Wright (ed. and tr.) (2008), Nahuatl Theater, Volume 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 361