ahuacatl

Central Nahuatl
Ahuacatl, “avocado”.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ahuacatl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aːwakatɬ/

Noun

ahuacatl (inanimate)

  1. (Milpa Alta) avocado
  2. (Milpa Alta) testicle

Derived terms

References
  • Héctor Mancilla Sepúlveda (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, 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

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *pa:wa (“avocado”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aːwakat͡ɬ/[2]
  • IPA(key): [aː.ˈwá.kat͡ɬ][3]

Noun

āhuacatl (inanimate)

  1. avocado
  2. testicle

Derived terms

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 (see there for further descendants)
  • → Spanish: aguacate (see there for further descendants)
  • → Yaqui: awakáate

References
  1. Karen Dakin (1982) La evolución fonológica del Protonáhuatl, México D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210
  2. Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 7
  3. Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 7

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

ahuacatl

  1. Obsolete spelling of awakatl

References
  • Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.
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