ahuehuete
English
Etymology
Spanish ahuehuete
Noun
ahuehuete (plural ahuehuetes)
- Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ātl (“water”) + huēhuētl (“upright drum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aweˈwete/ [a.weˈwe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: a‧hue‧hue‧te
Noun
ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes)
- Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum
- Synonym: sabino
Further reading
- “ahuehuete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014