tzapocuabitl
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Etymology
tzapotl (“sapote”) + cuabi̱tl (“tree”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͜sapoˈkʷaβɪt͜ɬ]
Noun
tzapocuabitl
- sapote tree
- 1941, Juana Méndez; R. S. Pittman, [Two Tetelcingo Nahuatl Folktales]:
- Cie tunali oyeye icpac cente tzapocuabitl quicuajtaya tzapotl.
- One day [the opossum] was on top of a sapote tree eating sapotes.