ahuacat

Pipil

Alternative forms

• awakat

Etymology

From ahuat (“acorn, oak”) +‎ *-cat (“being, entity”). From Proto-Nahuan *aawakatl. Compare Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado; testicle”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /aˈwaɡat/
• (Nahuizalco) IPA^(key): /aˈwakat/

Noun

ahuacat (plural ahahuacat)

1. avocado

   Yalohua niccuah ahuacat huan tamal

   I ate avocado with tortillas yesterday

Descendants

• → Spanish: aguacate