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Tetelcingo Nahuatl

cacahuatl

noun

Meaning

  1. Cacao.

Etymology / origin

From Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-tl, ultimately a borrowing from Proto-Mixe-Zoque *kakawa + -tl (absolutive noun suffix). Compare Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl and Yucatec Maya kakaw.

  1. kakaw(Yucatec Maya)→
  2. cacahuatl(Classical Nahuatl)→
  3. *kakawa-(azc-nah-pro)→
  4. cacahuatl (Tetelcingo Nahuatl)
  5. Relations: inh, cog, cog

Related words

*kakawa-(azc-nah-pro)cacahuatl(Classical Nahuatl)kakaw(Yucatec Maya)

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