See also: četl

Central Nahuatl edit

Noun edit

cetl

  1. ice

Classical Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *sïp.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cetl

  1. Ice.
    • 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
      Cetl, yelo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. An icicle.

References edit

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 211.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 33.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl cetl

Noun edit

cetl

  1. ice.

Derived terms edit