cuanaca

== Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === quanaca === Etymology === From cuāitl (“head”) +‎ nacatl (“flesh”), referring to the chicken's comb. Compare cuanacatl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʷaːnaka/ === Noun === cuānaca Chicken. 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875) ==== Synonyms ==== totolin === References === Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 218–219. Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 60.