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Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
amatl
- paper
References
Central Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
amatl (inanimate)
- paper
- document; letter; book
References
- Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *aamatl (“a kind of fig tree; paper”).
Pronunciation
Noun
āmatl
- paper
- 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- document; letter; book.
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 208.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 10.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 210.
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl amatl
Noun
amatl
- paper.
- book.
Orizaba Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
amatl
- paper
References
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl amatl
Noun
amatl
- paper.
- book.