ehuatl

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːwat͡ɬ/

Noun

ēhuatl (inanimate)

The skin of a human, animal or fruit.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 196r.
  Piel o pellejo. euatl.euayotl.
  
  (Skin or hide euatl. euayotl.)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21v. col. 1.
  Euatl. cuero por curtir, o mondadura y caxcara de fruta.
  
  (Euatl. hide yet to be tanned, or parings and peel of a fruit.

Synonyms

(skin of an animal, hide): mazāēhuatl
(skin of fruit, peel): ēhuayōtl

Derived terms

cuauhēhuatl
ēhuahuahuāna (verb)
ēhuahuātza (verb)

ēhuahuēhuētl
ēhuahuia (verb)
ēhuaquēmitl

ēhuatilmahtli
ēhuatlapītza (verb)
ēhuayōtl

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 76
Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 21

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