zacatl

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl zacatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsakatɬ/

Noun

zacatl (inanimate)

  1. Dry weeds or grass, especially when used as fodder; hay.

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • çacatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *saka-tl (“grass”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *sakaC-ta (“willow”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sakat͡ɬ/

Noun

zacatl

  1. Dry weeds or grass, especially when used as fodder; hay.

Derived terms

  • acazacatl

Descendants

  • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: sakatl
  • Central Nahuatl: zacatl
  • Central Puebla Nahuatl: zacatl
  • → Spanish: zacate

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1055a. *sakat / *sakaC ‘willow’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 196
  • “zacatl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl zacatl

Noun

zacatl

  1. straw
  2. hay
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