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Central Nahuatl
Noun
tzapotl
- sapote.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *ȼapotl.
Noun
tzapotl
- sapote
Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *ȼapotl.
Noun
tzapotl
- banana
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
tzapotl (plural tzapome)
- sapote
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 104, 243