cafe̱n

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).

Compare Tetelcingo Nahuatl cafie.

Noun

cafe̱n

1. Coffee.

References

• Key, Harold, Ritchie de Key, Mary (1953) Vocabulario mejicano de la Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 143