Classical Nahuatl

Noun

cacahuatl ‎(inanimate)

1. cacao, cacao bean

Derived terms

• cacahuacuahuitl
• tlālcacahuatl

Descendants

• Spanish: cacahuate, cacahuete
  • Aragonese: cascagüet, calcagüet, cacagüet
  • Asturian: cacagüés
  • Basque: kakahuete
  • Catalan: cacauet
  • French: cacahuète
    • Luxembourgish: Kakuett
  • Galician: cacahuete
• Spanish: cacao (see there for further descendants)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 209
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 18
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 212
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 18, 220