kuchapíílí

Phonetic

[ku.t͡ʃa.ˈpiː˥.li˥]

English: Translation

Butterfly; moth

Spanish: Translation

Mariposa; polilla, palomilla

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Animals

Insects and small creatures

Example Sentence

Thí tjiá nda̱ mé imá siín kuchapíílí.

English: Example Sentence

Where there's water, there are many butterflies.

Spanish: Example Sentence

Donde hay agua, hay muchas mariposas.

Dialect

San Juan Atzingo

Scientific Name

Lepidoptera

Morphology

ku- + chapulín (esp.)

Source

diccionario-popoloca-de-san-juan-atzingo-puebla-1995