Nahuat

Dictionary

Nahuat words, what they mean, and how each variety says them.

500 published words · 552 recordings

A

  • atutun/a·tu·tun/Noun

    Used only in Santo Domingo de Guzmán

    coffee

  • awakat/a·wa·kat/Noun

    avocado

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas · Lyle Campbell

  • awilti/a·wil·ti/Noun

    toy

    Nantzin Andrea López · Timumachtikan Nawat

  • -ayu/-a·yu/Noun

    broth, soup; juice; sap (the liquid part of something)

  • ayutuch/a·yu·tuch/Noun

    armadillo

    Tajtzin Miguel Osorio · Lyle Campbell

  • ayutzin/a·yu·tzin/Noun

    turtle

    Nantzin Andrea López · Timumachtikan Nawat

CH

  • chakalin/cha·ka·lin/Noun

    shrimp

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas · Lyle Campbell

  • chalukut/cha·lu·kut/Noun

    guava

  • -chan/-chan/Other

    (someone's) home; at or to the home of

    Tajtzin Miguel Osorio · Lyle Campbell

  • -chantakaw/-chan·ta·kaw/Noun

    fellow townsperson, one of one’s own people; friend

  • chapulin/cha·pu·lin/Noun

    grasshopper

  • chichik/chi·chik/Adjective

    bitter

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas · Lyle Campbell

  • chijchal/chij·chal/Noun

    saliva

    Nantzin Andrea López · Timumachtikan Nawat

  • chijchin/chij·chin/Adjective

    small, little

  • chikitik/chi·ki·tik/Adjective

    small, little

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas · Lyle Campbell

  • chikiwit/chi·ki·wit/Noun

    basket

  • chiknawi/chik·na·wi/Other

    nine

    Tajtzin Santos López · Timumachtikan Nawat

  • chikume/chi·ku·me/Other

    seven

    Tajtzin Santos López · Timumachtikan Nawat

  • chikwasen/chi·kwa·sen/Other

    six

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas · Lyle Campbell

  • chikwey/chi·kwey/Other

    eight

    Tajtzin Santos López · Timumachtikan Nawat

  • chil/chil/Noun

    chili pepper

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas · Lyle Campbell

  • chilmul/chil·mul/Noun

    chirmol, a tomato and chili salsa

    Nantzin Andrea López · Timumachtikan Nawat

  • chiltekpin/chil·tek·pin/Noun

    chiltepe, bird pepper

  • chiltik/chil·tik/Adjective

    red

    Tajtzin Francisco Tepas · Lyle Campbell

  • -chiwa/-chi·wa/Verb

    to do, to make

    Nantzin Andrea López · Timumachtikan Nawat

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