cacahuatl

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Central Nahuatl

Noun

cacahuatl

  1. cacao.
  2. Peanut

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *kakawatl, ultimately a borrowing from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *kakawa + -tl (absolutive noun suffix). Compare Yucatec Maya kakaw.

Pronunciation

Noun

cacahuatl (inanimate)

  1. cacao, cacao bean

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 209
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 18
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 212
  • Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2006) “History of the Word for 'Cacao' and Related Terms in Ancient Meso-America”, in Cameron L. McNeil, editor, Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao, University Press of Florida, →ISBN, pages 117-130

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Cf. Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Noun

cacahuatl

  1. Cacao.

Derived terms

References

  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 18, 112
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