xicamatl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

(Cholula): catzotl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiːkamat͡ɬ/

Noun

xicamatl

jicama.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

xicama

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiːkamat͡ɬ/

Noun

xīcamatl

jicama
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 159r. col. 1:
  xicamatl. cierta rayz que se come cruda y es muy dulce.
  (xicamatl. a certain root that is eaten raw and is very sweet.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

Spanish: jícama

References

“xicamatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

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