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talaje

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a kind of tick (Ornithodoros talaje)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish talaje, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlālāxin, from tlālli (“earth”) + āxin.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Tepeuxila Cuicatec: ꞌi4cui3 — Translations
  • Kaqchikel: chut — Translations
  • Totontepec Mixe: piꞌc mootsc xiijy — Translations
  • Classical Nahuatl: tlālāxin — Translations
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: ta̱la̱xi̱n — Translations
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: tlalaxtli — Translations
  • Tetelcingo-Nahuatl: tlölöxa — Translations
  • San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cotsꞌe — Translations
  • Oluta Popoluca: na̱s̈-u̱ji — Translations
  • Sayula Popoluca: na̱s̈nanc — Translations
  • Spanish: talaje — Translations
  • Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac: chinche — Translations
  • Isthmus Zapotec: bidi — Translations
  • Yatzachi Zapotec: biꞌoyo — Translations
  • Copainalá Zoque: endzi — Translations