Amaquemehcan

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• Amaquemecan

Etymology

Āmaquēmeh (name of a hill, literally “one that has paper clothing”) +‎ -cān (“place”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːmakeːmeʔkaːn/

Proper noun

Āmaquēmehcān

1. Amaquemecan; Amecameca, the official name is Amecameca de Juárez.

Descendants

• → Spanish: Amecameca
• → Teposcolula Mixtec: ñuututu (calque)

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 10
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 210