zapoteco

zapoteco

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from Nahuatl Tzapotēcah, plural of Tzapotēcatl (“inhabitant of the place of sapote”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/d͡za.poˈtɛ.ko/, /sa.poˈtɛ.ko/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛko
• Hyphenation: za‧po‧tè‧co

Adjective

zapoteco (feminine zapoteca, masculine plural zapotechi, feminine plural zapoteche)

1. Zapotec

Noun

zapoteco m (plural zapotechi, feminine zapoteca)

1. Zapotec

References

1. zapoteco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl Tzapotēcah, plural of Tzapotēcatl (“inhabitant of the place of sapote”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θapoˈteko/ [θa.poˈt̪e.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sapoˈteko/ [sa.poˈt̪e.ko]
• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification: za‧po‧te‧co

Adjective

zapoteco (feminine zapoteca, masculine plural zapotecos, feminine plural zapotecas)

1. Zapotec

Noun

zapoteco m (plural zapotecos, feminine zapoteca, feminine plural zapotecas)

1. Zapotec

Noun

zapoteco m (uncountable)

1. Zapotec (language)