ehuatl

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Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

(Cholula): yehuatl
(Tlaxcala): euatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ehuatl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːwat͡ɬ/

Noun

ehuatl (inanimate)

skin (of humans, animals, fruit)

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːwat͡ɬ/

Noun

ēhuatl (inanimate)

skin (of humans, animals, fruit)
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 196r:
  Piel o pellejo. euatl.euayotl.
  (Skin or hide euatl. euayotl.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21v. col. 1:
  Euatl. cuero por curtir, o mondadura y caxcara de fruta.
  (Euatl. hide yet to be tanned, or parings and peel of a fruit.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(skin of an animal, hide): mazāēhuatl
(skin of fruit, peel): ēhuayōtl

Derived terms

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 76
Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana(1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 21

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