tzapocuabitl

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

tzapotl (“sapote”) +‎ cuabi̱tl (“tree”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͜sapoˈkʷaβɪt͜ɬ]

Noun

tzapocuabitl

1. sapote tree
   • 1941, Juana Méndez, R. S. Pittman, [Two Tetelcingo Nahuatl Folktales]‎^[1]:

     Cie tunali oyeye icpac cente tzapocuabitl quicuajtaya tzapotl.

     One day [the opossum] was on top of a sapote tree eating sapotes.