cacahuatl

Central Nahuatl

Noun

cacahuatl

1. cacao.
2. Peanut

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka.ˈka.wat͡ɬ]

Noun

cacahuatl (inanimate)

1. cacao, cacao bean

Derived terms

• cacahuacuahuitl
• tlālcacahuatl

Descendants

• Spanish: cacahuate, cacahuete
  • Aragonese: cascagüet, calcagüet, cacagüet
  • Asturian: cacagüés
  • Basque: kakahuete
  • Catalan: cacauet
  • French: cacahuète
    • Luxembourgish: Kakuett
  • Galician: cacahuete
• Spanish: cacao (see there for further descendants)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 209
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 18
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 212
• Kaufman, Terrence, Justeson, John (2006) “History of the Word for 'Cacao' and Related Terms in Ancient Meso-America”, in Cameron L. McNeil, editor, Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao, University Press of Florida, →ISBN, pages 117-130

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Cf. Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Noun

cacahuatl

1. Cacao.

Derived terms

• tlölcacahuatl
• tutoltecacahuatl

 

References

• Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 18, 112