nahual
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish nahual, from Classical Nahuatl nāhualli (“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /nəˈwɑːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]nahual (plural nahuals)
- (Mesoamerican mythology) An animal form which a person may take.
- She has a nahual for every day of the week.
- (Mesoamerican mythology) A person who is able to take an animal form.
- They suspected that the man was a nahual.
Derived terms
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nāhualli (“sorcerer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nahual m (plural nahuales)
- (Central America, Mexico) sorcerer
- (Central America, Mexico) healer, witch doctor
- Synonym: curandero
- (in Mesoamerican mythology) nahual (animal form which a person may take)
- Synonym: tonal
- (in Mesoamerican mythology) nahual (person able to take animal form)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: nahual
References
[edit]- Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 93
Further reading
[edit]- “nahual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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