cacahuacintle
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kakawaˈθintle/ [ka.ka.waˈθĩn̪.t̪le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kakawaˈsintle/ [ka.ka.waˈsĩn̪.t̪le]
- Rhymes: -intle
- Syllabification: ca‧ca‧hua‧cin‧tle
Noun edit
cacahuacintle m (uncountable)
- (Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes
Further reading edit
- “cacahuacintle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014