tomahuac

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtomaːwak/

Adjective

tomahuac

1. fat

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tohtomāhuac

Etymology

From tomāhua (“to fatten, become fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtomaːwak/

Noun

tomāhuac

1. Something fat, thick, plump.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 66r. col. 1:

     Gorda coſa tomauac. tomacpul. cuitlatolõpul. cui
     tlanatztic.
     (Something fat tomauac. tomacpul. cuitlatolõpul. cui
     tlanatztic.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 149r. col. 1:

     Tomauac. coſagorda,grueſſa o corpulenta.
     (Tomauac. something fat, thick or heavyset.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• tomacpōl
• tomāhuacāyōtl
• tomāhualiztli

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 245
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 149