axolotl

See also: Axolotl

English

An axolotl

Etymology

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Unadapted borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl (from ātl (“water”) +‎ xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈak.səˌlɒ.təl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/

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Noun

axolotl (plural axolotls or (nonstandard) axolots)

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

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Synonyms

• (amphibian): Mexican salamander, Mexican walking fish, water monster

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
• German: Axolotl (de) m
• Hungarian: axolotl
• Icelandic: tálknamandra f
• Ido: axoloto (io)
• Irish: acsalatal m
• Italian: axolotl (it) m, assolotto m
• Japanese: ウーパールーパー (ja) (ūpārūpā) (informal), アホロートル (ja) (ahorōtoru) (scientific)
• Korean: 우파루파 (uparupa) (informal), 아홀로틀 (aholloteul) (scientific)
• Macedonian: аксоло́тл m (aksolótl)
• Matlatzinca: mentawi
• Mazahua:

  Central: zambole

• Nahuatl:

  Central: axolotl, acholotl

  Central Huasteca: axolotl

  Classical: axolotl

  Guerrero: axolotl

  Highland Puebla: axolot

  Morelos: axolotl

  Orizaba: axolotl

  Temascaltepec: axolotl

  Western Huasteca: axolotl

• Otomi:

  Central: nzümb’o

  Mezquital: zombo

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

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl

1. axolotl

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Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Calpan and Tlaxcala): acholotl

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/

Noun

axolotl (plural axolomeh)

1. (Amecameca, Cholula and Milpa Alta): 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 (“Xolotl”, 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
• → French: axolotl m
• → Spanish: ajolote m

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

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɔ.lɔtl/

• Audio:

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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

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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

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