amatl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl

1. paper

References

• Valentín Isidro Reyes (2012); Vocabulario nauatl-español, material de apoyo para la enseñanza de la lengua nauatl, Universidad Pedegógica Nacional, diversidad intercultural, Mexico City, Mexico.

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl (inanimate)

1. paper
2. document; letter; book

References

• Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *aamatl (“a kind of fig tree; paper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmat͡ɬ/

Noun

āmatl

1. paper
   • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)

     amatl, papel, ymamauh, el papel de aquellos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. document; letter; book.

Synonyms

• amoxtli

Descendants

• Central Nahuatl: amatl
• → Spanish: amate

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 208.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 10.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 210.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl amatl

Noun

amatl

1. paper.
2. book.

Orizaba Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl

1. paper

References

• Tepole Ortega, Lucía 2012; Náhuatl de Sierra de Zongolica , AVELI, Gobierno del estado de Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico.

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl amatl

Noun

amatl

1. paper.
2. book.