nanacatl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Karttunen suggests a relation to nacatl (“meat, flesh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈnakat͡ɬ/
Noun
nanacatl (inanimate)
- mushroom, fungus
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 72. col. 1:
- Hongo generalmente. nanacatl.
- A mushroom in general. nanacatl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 62v. col. 2:
- Nanacatl. hongo.
- Nanacatl. a mushroom.
Derived terms
- chīmalnanacatl
- cuauhnanacatl
- menanacatl
- tenanacatl
- texcalnanacatl
- tlazōlnanacatl
- xelhuāznanacatl
- xōchinanacatl
- zacananacatl
Descendants
- Spanish: nanacate
See also
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 159
- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 94
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