cuahuitl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Texcoco): kuahuitl
• (Tlaxcala): kuajuitl

Noun

cuahuitl

1. tree, wood.

Derived terms

• ahuacacuahuitl
• cuaxilocuahuitl
• lalaxcuahuitl
• mangocuahuitl

References

• Medina, Genaro (1999); online Curso de Náhuatl, Universidad de las Américas; San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• quahuitl, quauitl (obsolete spellings)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʷá.wit͡ɬ]

Noun

cuahuitl (inanimate, plural cuahuitl)

1. (it is) a shrub; tree or other woody plant.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 22v:

     Arbol generalmente. quauitl.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (it is) wood.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 160r:

     Madera. quauitl.
     Madero. quauitl.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• āhuacuahuitl
• cuauhmāitl
• cuauhcalli
• cuauhcōconētl
• cuauhpatōlli
• cuauhtōtolin
• māccuahuitl

Proper nouns derived from cuahuitl

• Cuauhnahuac
• Cuauhtitlan
• Cuauhximalpan

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 219.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 58.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 230.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

cuahuitl

1. Obsolete spelling of kuawitl.

References

• Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.