tomahuac

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Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtomaːwak/

Adjective

tomahuac

fat

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tohtomāhuac

Etymology

From tomāhua (“to fatten, become fat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtomaːwak/

Noun

tomāhuac

Something fat, thick, plump.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 66r. col. 1:
  Gorda coſa tomauac. tomacpul. cuitlatolõpul. cui
  tlanatztic.
  (Something fat tomauac. tomacpul. cuitlatolõpul. cui
  tlanatztic.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 149r. col. 1:
  Tomauac. coſagorda,grueſſa o corpulenta.
  (Tomauac. something fat, thick or heavyset.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 245
Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 149

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