acatl

• akatl (Amecameca, Jaltocán, Nanacamilpa, Texcoco, Tlaxcala)

From Classical Nahuatl acatl.

• IPA^(key): [aːkatɬ]

acatl (inanimate)

1. (Calpan, Cholula and Milpa Alta): reed, cane

• ohuatl

• acatlan
• acaxochitl

• aacatl

From Proto-Nahuan *aakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *paka-ta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaː.kat͡ɬ]

ācatl (inanimate)

1. reed
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 43v:

     Caña hueca.  acatl.

     A hollow reed. acatl.

2. The thirteenth day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli.
   • 16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12v.

     yei acatl quiere / dezir tres cañas.

     yei acatl. which means “three reeds”.

• Central Huasteca Nahuatl: akatl
• Central Nahuatl: acatl
• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: akatl
• Western Huasteca Nahuatl: akatl

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 284

acatl

1. obsolete spelling of akatl

• Sullivan, John; Olko, Justyna (2016); Tlahtolxitlauhcayotl, Chicontepec, Veracruz, Editorial Artes Liberales, Revitalizing Endangered Languages, IDIEZ, University of Warsow, Poland.