axolotl

See also: Axolotl

English

An axolotl

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.səˌlɒ.təl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: ax‧o‧lotl

Noun

axolotl (plural axolotls or (nonstandard) axolots)

1. A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.

   Synonyms: Mexican salamander, Mexican walking fish, water monster

   She is going on a tour to see axolotls at Mexico.

Descendants

• → Assamese: আচলটল (asolotol)
• → Dutch: axolotl
• → Esperanto: aksolotlo
• → Finnish: aksolotli
• → French: axolotl
  • → Romanian: axolot
• → German: Axolotl
• → Greek: αξολότλ (axolótl)
• → Ido: axoloto
• → Irish: acsalatal
• → Italian: assolotto
• → Macedonian: аксоло́тл (aksolótl)
• → Polish: aksolotl
• → Russian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ)
• → Turkish: aksolotl
• → Ukrainian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ)
• → Welsh: acsolotl
• → Yiddish: אַקסאָלאָטל (aksolotl)

Translations

endangered salamander

• Arabic: عفريت الماء
• Assamese: আচলটল (asolotol)
• Asturian: axolote
• Catalan: axolot m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨西哥鈍口螈 / 墨西哥钝口螈 (Mòxīgē dùnkǒuyuán), 美西螈 (zh) (měixīyuán), 六角恐龍 / 六角恐龙 (liùjiǎo kǒnglóng), 六角龍 / 六角龙 (liùjiǎolóng)

• Dutch: axolotl (nl) m
• Esperanto: aksolotlo
• Finnish: aksolotli (fi)
• French: axolotl (fr) m
• Galician: axolote m
• German: Axolotl (de) m
• Greek: αξολότλ (el) n (axolótl)
• Hungarian: axolotl
• Icelandic: tálknamandra f
• Ido: axoloto (io)
• Irish: acsalatal m
• Italian: axolotl (it) m, assolotto m
• Japanese: (informal) ウーパールーパー (ja) (ūpārūpā), (scientific) アホロートル (ja) (ahorōtoru)
• Korean: (informal) 우파루파 (uparupa), (scientific) 아홀로틀 (aholloteul)
• Macedonian: аксоло́тл m (aksolótl)
• Matlatzinca: mentawi
• Mazahua:

  Central Mazahua: zambole

• Nahuatl:

  Central Huasteca Nahuatl: axolotl

  Central Nahuatl: axolotl, acholotl

  Classical Nahuatl: axolotl

  Guerrero Nahuatl: axolotl

  Highland Puebla Nahuatl: axolot

  Morelos Nahuatl: axolotl

  Orizaba Nahuatl: axolotl

  Temascaltepec Nahuatl: axolotl

  Western Huasteca Nahuatl: axolotl

• Otomi:

  Central: nzümb’o

  Mezquital Otomi: zombo

• Polish: ambystoma meksykańska (pl) f, aksolotl meksykański (pl) m, salamandra meksykańska f, (scientifically refers to the young stage; proscribed as the other stages) aksolotl (pl) m
• Portuguese: axolote (pt) m, axolotle m
• Purepecha: achójki
• Romanian: axolot (ro) m
• Russian: аксоло́тль (ru) m (aksolótlʹ)
• Spanish: ajolote (es) m, ajolota f, axolote (es) m, achoque (es) m
• Tlahuica: ñelakapjo
• Turkish: aksolotl, Meksika semenderi
• Ukrainian: аксоло́тль m (aksolótlʹ)
• Welsh: acsolotl m
• Yiddish: אַקסאָלאָטל (aksolotl)
• Yucatec Maya: bubebech

Further reading

• “axolotl”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “axolotl”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “axolotl, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• acholotl (Calpan, Tlaxcala)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

• Audio (Central Nahuatl):

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Noun

axolotl (plural axolomeh)

1. (Amecameca, Calpan, Cholula, Jaltocán, Milpa Alta, Texcoco) axolotl

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References

• Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158.

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 14 September 2016

Etymology

Generally interpreted to be a compound of ātl (“water”) +‎ xōlōtl (“male servant”).

Alternatively, the second element may be cognate with Huichol xiurí (“axolotl”). The compounding with ātl (“water”) may have originated as a disambiguation from several unrelated quasi-homonyms, such as xōlōtl (“male servant”) or Xolotl (name for a god).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/, [aː.ˈʃóː.loːt͡ɬ]

Noun

āxōlōtl (animate, plural āxōlōmeh)

1. an edible larval salamander

   yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin. yn cueyame. yn axollome. yn acociltin. aneneztin. ahuihuitlame yn axaxayacatl. yn quatecomatl. yoyolli.

   And fish now bred, and frogs, salamanders, crayfish, dragonfly, larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects

Descendants

• → English: axolotl
  • → Assamese: আচলটল (asolotol)
  • → Dutch: axolotl
  • → Esperanto: aksolotlo
  • → Finnish: aksolotli
  • → French: axolotl
    • → Romanian: axolot
  • → German: Axolotl
  • → Greek: αξολότλ (axolótl)
  • → Ido: axoloto
  • → Irish: acsalatal
  • → Italian: assolotto
  • → Macedonian: аксоло́тл (aksolótl)
  • → Polish: aksolotl
  • → Russian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ)
  • → Turkish: aksolotl
  • → Ukrainian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ)
  • → Welsh: acsolotl
  • → Yiddish: אַקסאָלאָטל (aksolotl)
• → Japanese: アホロートル (ahorōtoru)
• → Korean: 아홀로틀 (aholloteul)
• → Spanish: ajolote, ajolota
  • → Galician: axolote
  • → Portuguese: axolote

References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
• Kartunnen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 15
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 30

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: axo‧lotl

Noun

axolotl m (plural axolotls, diminutive axolotltje n)

1. axolotl

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “axolotl”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɔ.lɔtl/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

axolotl m (plural axolotls)

1. axolotl

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Further reading

• “axolotl”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Guerrero Nahuatl

Etymology

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Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Morelos Nahuatl

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Orizaba Nahuatl

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Temascaltepec Nahuatl

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)