ahuehuete

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English

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Etymology

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From Spanish ahuehuete.

Noun

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ahuehuete (plural ahuehuetes)

  1. A Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)

Spanish

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ahuehuete

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (cypress tree, literally upright drum in the water), from ātl (water) + huēhuētl (upright drum).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aweˈwete/ [a.weˈwe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: a‧hue‧hue‧te

Noun

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ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes)

  1. Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
    Synonym: sabino

Further reading

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