tomahuac
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
From tomāhua (“to fatten, become fat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtomaːwak/
Noun
tomāhuac
- 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.)
- 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.)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 66r. col. 1.
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
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