nanaca

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

Cf. Classical Nahuatl nanacatl (“mushroom”), cuānacatl (“comb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈnaka/

Noun

nanaca

1. comb (growth on the head of a bird)

Derived terms

• a̱huananaca
• a̱xi̱xnanaca
• cuananaca

 

References

• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 99–100