cacahuacentli

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

cacahuacintli

Etymology

From cacahuatl (“cocoa bean”) +‎ centli, variant of cintli (“dried maize on the cob”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kakaˈwasent͡ɬi/

Noun

cacahuacentli

a cacao pod
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 10v. col. 2:
  cacauacentli. mazorca o piña de cacao.
  (cacauacentli. cacao pod)

Descendants

Spanish: cacahuacintle, cacahuacentli

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /kakawaˈθentli/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kakawaˈsentli/
Rhymes: -entli
Syllabification: ca‧ca‧hua‧cen‧tli

Noun

cacahuacentli m (uncountable)

Alternative form of cacahuacintle

Further reading

“cacahuacentli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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