ahuacatl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From proto-Aztecan *pa:wa ("avocado").[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːwakat͡ɬ/[2]
IPA^(key): [aː.ˈwá.kat͡ɬ][3]

Noun

āhuacatl (inanimate)

avocado (fruit)
testicle

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: alvocat
→ Spanish: aguacate
- → Basque: ahuakate
- Spanish: avocado
  - → Danish: avocado, avokado
  - → English: avocado
    - → Irish: abhacád
  - → Faroese: avokado
  - → French: avocat (see there for further descendants)
  - → German: Avocado
  - → Serbo-Croatian: avokádo
  - → Turkish: avokado
- → Portuguese: abacate

References

Karen Dakin (1982) La evolución fonológica del Protonáhuatl, México D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, →ISBN, OCLC 10216962, page 210
Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 7
Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 7

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl

Noun

ahuacatl (ahuacatini)

avocado.

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