ahuehuete

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Spanish ahuehuete

Noun[edit]

ahuehuete (plural ahuehuetes)

  1. A Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)

Spanish[edit]

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ahuehuete

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (cypress tree, literally upright drum in the water), from ātl (water) + huēhuētl (upright drum).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aweˈwete/ [a.weˈwe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: a‧hue‧hue‧te

Noun[edit]

ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes)

  1. Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
    Synonym: sabino

Further reading[edit]