axolotl

axolotl

See also: Axolotl

English

An axolotl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl, from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈak.səˌlɒ.təl/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/

Noun

axolotl (plural axolotls or (nonstandard) axolots)

1. A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.

Synonyms

• (amphibian): Mexican salamander, Mexican walking fish, water monster

Translations

endangered salamander

Assamese: আচলটল (asolotol) Asturian: axolote Catalan: axolot m Chinese: Mandarin: 墨西哥鈍口螈／墨西哥钝口螈 (Mòxīgē dùnkǒuyuán), 美西螈 (zh) (měixīyuán), 六角恐龍／六角恐龙 (liùjiǎo kǒnglóng), 六角龍／六角龙 (liùjiǎolóng) Dutch: axolotl (nl) m Esperanto: aksolotlo Finnish: aksolotli French: axolotl (fr) m Galician: axolote German: Axolotl (de) m Hungarian: axolotl Icelandic: tálknamandra f Ido: axoloto (io) Irish: acsalatal m Italian: axolotl (it) m, assolotto m Japanese: ウーパールーパー (ūpārūpā) (informal), アホロートル (ahorōtoru) (scientific) Macedonian: аксоло́тл m (aksolótl) Matlatzinca: mentawi Mazahua: Central: zambole Nahuatl: Central: axolotl, acholotl Central Huasteca: axolotl Classical: axolotl Guerrero: axolotl Highland Puebla: axolot Morelos: axolotl Orizaba: axolotl Temascaltepec: axolotl Western Huasteca: axolotl Polish: ambystoma meksykańska (pl) f, aksolotl meksykański (pl) m, salamandra meksykańska f, aksolotl (pl) m (scientifically refers to the young stage, scientifically proscribed as the other stages) Otomi: Central: nzümb’o Mezquital: zombo Portuguese: axolote (pt) m, axolotle m Purepecha: achójki Russian: аксоло́тль (ru) m (aksolótlʹ) Spanish: ajolote (es) m, ajolota f Tlahuica: ñelakapjo Ukrainian: аксоло́тль m (aksolótlʹ) Welsh: acsolotl m Yucatec Maya: bubebech

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Texcoco and Tlaxcala): acholotl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl (plural axolomeh)

1. (Amecameca, Cholula and Milpa Alta): axolotl

References

• Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158.

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Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 14 September 2016

Etymology

Equivalent to ātl (“water”) +‎ xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/, [aː.ˈʃóː.loːt͡ɬ]

Noun

āxōlōtl (animate, plural āxōlōmeh)

1. an edible larval salamander

   yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin. yn cueyame. yn axollome. yn acociltin. aneneztin. ahuihuitlame yn axaxayacatl. yn quatecomatl. yoyolli.

   And fish now bred, and frogs, salamanders, crayfish, dragonfly, larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects

Descendants

• → English: axolotl
• → Spanish: ajolote

References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
• Kartunnen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 15
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 30

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French

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɔ.lɔtl/

• Audio

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Noun

axolotl m (plural axolotls)

1. axolotl

Further reading

• “axolotl”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Guerrero Nahuatl

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Morelos Nahuatl

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Orizaba Nahuatl

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Temascaltepec Nahuatl

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl