axolotl

See also: Axolotl

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl, from ātl (water) + xōlōtl (slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈak.səˌlɒ.təl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/
An axolotl

Noun

axolotl (plural axolotls)

  1. A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.

Synonyms

Translations


Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Noun

axolotl

  1. axolotl

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl (plural axolomeh)

  1. axolotl

References

  • Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158.

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 14 September 2016

Etymology

ātl (water) + xōlōtl (slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/
  • IPA(key): [aː.ˈʃóː.loːt͡ɬ]

Noun

āxōlōtl (animate, plural āxōlōmeh)

  1. an edible larval salamander
    • yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin. yn cueyame. yn axollome. yn acociltin. aneneztin. ahuihuitlame yn axaxayacatl. yn quatecomatl. yoyolli.
      And fish now bred, and frogs, salamanders, crayfish, draonfly, larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects

Descendants

References

  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
  • Kartunnen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 15
  • Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 30

French

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.sɔ.lɔtl/
  • (file)

Noun

axolotl m (plural axolotls)

  1. axolotl

Further reading

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