xicamatl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Cholula): catzotl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːkamat͡ɬ/

Noun

xicamatl

1. jicama.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• xicama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːkamat͡ɬ/

Noun

xīcamatl

1. jicama
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 159r. col. 1:

     xicamatl. cierta rayz que se come cruda y es muy dulce.
     (xicamatl. a certain root that is eaten raw and is very sweet.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Spanish: jícama

References

• “xicamatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.