ahuehuete
English
Etymology
Noun
ahuehuete (plural ahuehuetes)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ātl (“water”) + huēhuētl (“upright drum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aweˈwete/ [a.weˈwe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: a‧hue‧hue‧te
Noun
ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes)
- Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
- Synonym: sabino
Further reading
- “ahuehuete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024