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Central Nahuatl
Noun
mapach
- raccoon.
Northern Puebla Nahuatl
Etymology
C.f. Classical Nahuatl māpach (“thief”), Tetelcingo Nahuatl möpach (“thief”); Highland Puebla Nahuatl mapa̱chi̱n, Mecayapan Nahuatl ma̱pachin, Michoacán Nahuatl mapachin, Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl mapachin; Classical Nahuatl māpachihtli.
Noun
mapach
- raccoon (Procyon lotor)
References
- Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42) (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 75
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.pax/
- Rhymes: -apax
- Syllabification: ma‧pach
Noun
mapach f
- locative plural of mapa