axolotl

See also: Axolotl

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl, from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈak.səˌlɒ.təl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/

An axolotl

Noun

axolotl (plural axolotls)

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

Synonyms

• (amphibian): Mexican salamander, Mexican walking fish

Translations

endangered salamander

• Assamese: আচলটল (asolotol)
• Asturian: axolote
• Catalan: axolot m
• Central Nahuatl: axolotl
• Chinese:

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

• Classical Nahuatl: āxōlōtl
• Dutch: axolotl (nl) m
• Esperanto: aksolotlo
• Finnish: aksolotli
• French: axolotl (fr) m
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• German: Axolotl (de) m
• Ido: axoloto (io)
• Irish: acsalatal m
• Italian: axolotl (it) m, assolotto m
• Japanese: ウーパールーパー (ūpārūpā) (informal), アホロートル (ahorōtoru) (scientific)
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} aksolotl (pl) m
• Purepecha: achoki
• Russian: аксоло́тль (ru) m (aksolótlʹ)
• Spanish: ajolote (es) m, ajolota f
• Welsh: acsolotl m
• Yucatec Maya: bubebech

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl (plural axolomeh)

1. axolotl

References

• Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158.

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Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 14 September 2016

Etymology

ātl (“water”) +‎ xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/
• IPA^(key): [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, draonfly, larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects

Descendants

• → English: axolotl
• → Spanish: ajolote

References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, 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) Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 30

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɔ.lɔtl/

• Audio:

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Noun

axolotl m (plural axolotls)

1. axolotl

Further reading

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