ehuatl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Cholula): yehuatl
• (Tlaxcala): euatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ehuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːwat͡ɬ/

Noun

ehuatl (inanimate)

1. skin (of humans, animals, fruit)

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːwat͡ɬ/

Noun

ēhuatl (inanimate)

1. skin (of humans, animals, fruit)
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 196r:

     Piel o pellejo. euatl.euayotl.
     (Skin or hide euatl. euayotl.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21v. col. 1:

     Euatl. cuero por curtir, o mondadura y caxcara de fruta.
     (Euatl. hide yet to be tanned, or parings and peel of a fruit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• (skin of an animal, hide): mazāēhuatl
• (skin of fruit, peel): ēhuayōtl

Derived terms

• cuauhēhuatl
• ēhuahuahuāna (verb)
• ēhuahuātza (verb)
• ēhuahuēhuētl
• ēhuahuia (verb)
• ēhuaquēmitl
• ēhuatilmahtli
• ēhuatlapītza (verb)
• ēhuayōtl
• mazāēhuatl
• nōchēhuatl

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 76
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana(1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 21