cacahuacentli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• cacahuacintli

Etymology

From cacahuatl (“cocoa bean”) +‎ centli, variant of cintli (“dried maize on the cob”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kakaˈwasent͡ɬi/

Noun

cacahuacentli

1. a cacao pod
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 10v. col. 2:

     cacauacentli. mazorca o piña de cacao.

     (cacauacentli. cacao pod)

Descendants

• Spanish: cacahuacintle, cacahuacentli

References

• “cacahuacentli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kakawaˈθentli/ [ka.ka.waˈθẽn̪.t̪li]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kakawaˈsentli/ [ka.ka.waˈsẽn̪.t̪li]
• Rhymes: -entli
• Syllabification: ca‧ca‧hua‧cen‧tli

Noun

cacahuacentli m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of cacahuacintle

Further reading

• “cacahuacentli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10