tliltzapotl

Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • ti̱ltsapo' (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Etymology

tlilli "charcoal; ink; black" + tzapotl "sapote"

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɬiltsapotɬ/ (Tetelcingo)
  • IPA(key): /tiːltsapoʔ/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Noun

tliltzapotl

  1. Black sapote, Diospyros digyna.

References

  • Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 104, 239
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