axolotl

See also Axolotl

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈak.səˌlɒ.təl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.ɾəl/

An axolotl

Etymology

From Nahuatl axolotl.

Noun

axolotl (plural axolotls)

1. An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.

Synonyms

• (amphibian): Mexican salamander, siredon

Translations

amphibian of the salamander tribe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨西哥鈍口螈 (cmn), 墨西哥钝口螈 (cmn) (Mòxīgē dùnkǒuyuán), 美西螈 (cmn) (měixīyuán), 六角恐龍 (cmn), 六角恐龙 (cmn) (liùjiǎo kǒnglóng), 六角龍 (cmn), 六角龙 (cmn) (liùjiǎolóng)

• Dutch: axolotl (nl) m
• Finnish: aksolotli (fi)

• French: axolotl (fr) m
• German: Axolotl (de) m
• Japanese: ウーパールーパー (ja) (ūpārūpā) (in common), アホロートル (ja) (ahorōtoru) (in science)
• Russian: аксолотль (ru) (aksolótlʹ) m
• Spanish: ajolote (es) m, ajolota (es) f

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• axollotl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

āxōlōtl (animate, plural āxōlōmeh)

1. An edible larval salamander.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1

     Auh in pipiltotonti muchintin qujntlaxqujaia: yn aca coatl: cujiatl, xoujli, axolotl, tototl

     (And all the little children roasted some snakes, frogs, small white fish, the axolotl, birds)

   • c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 26r

     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

• Spanish: ajolote

References

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

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ak.sɔ.lɔtl/

Noun

axolotl m (plural axolotls)

1. axolotl