nanacatl

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Central Nahuatl

Noun

nanacatl

(Amecameca) mushroom, fungus

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Karttunen suggests a relation to nacatl (“meat, flesh”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naˈnakat͡ɬ/

Noun

nanacatl (inanimate)

mushroom, fungus
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 72. col. 1:
  Hongo generalmente. nanacatl.
  A mushroom in general. nanacatl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 62v. col. 2:
  Nanacatl. hongo.
  Nanacatl. a mushroom.

Derived terms

Descendants

Spanish: nanacate

See also

peyotl

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 159
Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 94

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