ahuacatl
Central Nahuatl
Ahuacatl, “avocado”.
Alternative forms
- (Cholula): ahuacatli
- (Texcoco): ahuakatl
- (Tlaxcala): auakatl
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl ahuacatl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːwakatɬ/
Noun
ahuacatl (inanimate)
- (Amecameca and Milpa Alta) avocado
- (Milpa Alta) testicle
Derived terms
- ahuacamilli
- ahuacamolli
- ahuacacuahuitl
- ahuacaxochitl
References
- Héctor Mancilla Sepúlveda (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, (dialecto de Amecameca), Editorial Hirata; Mexico City, Mexico.
- Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Amecameca variant, Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- auacatl, āhuacatl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *pa:wa (“avocado”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːwakat͡ɬ/[2]
- IPA(key): [aː.ˈwá.kat͡ɬ][3]
Noun
āhuacatl (inanimate)
- avocado
Derived terms
- ahuacamolli
- ahuacacuahuitl
- ahuacaxochitl
Descendants
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl: auakatl
- Central Nahuatl: ahuacatli
- Highland Puebla Nahuatl: awakat
- Orizaba Nahuatl: awakatl
- Temascaltepec Nahuatl: auakatl
- → Basque: ahuakate
- → Catalan: alvocat
- → French: avocat
- → Portuguese: abacate
- → English: abacate
- → Spanish: aguacate (see there for further descendants)
- → English: avocado
- → Asturian: aguacate
- → Galician: aguacate
- → Yaqui: awakáate
References
- Karen Dakin (1982) La evolución fonológica del Protonáhuatl, México D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, →ISBN, OCLC 10216962, page 210
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 7
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 7
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Noun
ahuacatl
- Obsolete spelling of awakatl
References
- Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.