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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, from Nahuatl Tzapotēcah, plural of Tzapotēcatl (“inhabitant of the place of sapote”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */d͡za.poˈtɛ.ko/, /sa.poˈtɛ.ko/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛko
- Hyphenation: za‧po‧tè‧co
Adjective
zapoteco (feminine zapoteca, masculine plural zapotechi, feminine plural zapoteche)
- Zapotec
Noun
zapoteco m (plural zapotechi, feminine zapoteca)
- Zapotec
References
Spanish
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl Tzapotēcah, plural of Tzapotēcatl (“inhabitant of the place of sapote”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θapoˈteko/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sapoˈteko/
- Rhymes: -eko
- Syllabification: za‧po‧te‧co
Adjective
zapoteco (feminine zapoteca, masculine plural zapotecos, feminine plural zapotecas)
- Zapotec
Noun
zapoteco m (plural zapotecos, feminine zapoteca, feminine plural zapotecas)
- Zapotec
Noun
zapoteco m (uncountable)
- Zapotec (language)