amatl

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl

1. peper

References

• Valentín Isidro Reyes (2012); Vocabulario nauatl-español, material de apoyo para la enseñanza de la lengua nauatl, Universidad Pedegógica Nacional, diversidad intercultural, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl (inanimate)

1. paper
2. document; letter; book

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *aamatl (“a kind of fig tree; paper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmat͡ɬ/

Noun

āmatl

1. paper
   • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)

     amatl, papel, ymamauh, el papel de aquellos.

2. document; letter; book.

Synonyms

• amoxtli

Descendants

• Central Nahuatl: amatl
• → Spanish: amate

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 208.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 10.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 210.

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl amatl

Noun

amatl

1. paper.
2. book.

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Orizaba Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmatɬ/

Noun

amatl

1. paper

References

• Tepole Ortega, Lucía 2012; Náhuatl de Sierra de Zongolica , AVELI, Gobierno del estado de Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico.

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl amatl

Noun

amatl

1. paper.
2. book.