cacahuacentli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From cacahuatl (“cocoa bean”) + centli, variant of cintli (“dried maize on the cob”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cacahuacentli
- a cacao pod
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 10v. col. 2:
- cacauacentli. mazorca o piña de cacao.
- (cacauacentli. cacao pod)
Descendants edit
- Spanish: cacahuacintle, cacahuacentli
References edit
- “cacahuacentli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kakawaˈθentli/ [ka.ka.waˈθẽn̪.t̪li]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kakawaˈsentli/ [ka.ka.waˈsẽn̪.t̪li]
- Rhymes: -entli
- Syllabification: ca‧ca‧hua‧cen‧tli
Noun edit
cacahuacentli m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of cacahuacintle
Further reading edit
- “cacahuacentli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014