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nàhuatl

nàhuatl

See also: nahuatl, Nahuatl, and náhuatl

Catalan

Adjective

nàhuatl m, f (masculine and feminine plural nàhuatls)

  1. (colloquial) Nahuatl (pertaining to one of the Nahuatl languages)

Synonyms

Noun

nàhuatl m (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) one of the Nahuatl languages
  2. Classical Nahuatl (the extinct literary language used by the Aztecs)

Usage notes

While this term is colloquially used for all the Nahuatl languages, the term prescribed by both the IEC and the AVL is nahua, which follows the standards of Catalan orthography.

Synonyms

  • (Nahuatl): nahua
  • (Classical Nahuatl): asteca clàssic