ahuehuete

English

Etymology

Spanish ahuehuete

Noun

ahuehuete (plural ahuehuetes)

  1. A Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)

Spanish
ahuehuete

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)

  1. Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
    Synonym: sabino

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