quiliton

== Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === quilito (obsolete or historical spelling) === Etymology === According to Rémi Siméon, from quilitl (“edible herb”), because of its green color, +‎ -tōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kiˈlítoːn̥] === Noun === quilitōn (animate) (it is) a small parrot, either the Mexican parrotlet, Forpus cyanopygius or the olive-throated parakeet, Eupsittula nana. 16th c.: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, vol. 3. f. 23v. col. 1. Idem, f. 89v. col. 2. Quilito. papagayo chiquito. Quilito. a small parrot. === References === Alonso de Molina (2008), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa