tliltzapotl

Nahuatl

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Black sapote

Alternative forms

ti̱ltsapo' (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

IPA: /tɬiltsapotɬ/ (Tetelcingo)
IPA: /tiːltsapoʔ/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Etymology

tlilli "charcoal; ink; black" + tzapotl "sapote"

Noun

tliltzapotl

Black sapote, Diospyros digyna.

References

1962, Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer, Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page pp. 104, 239:

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