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xitomatl
xitomatl
Central Nahuatl
Noun
xitomatl (inanimate)
- red tomato
References
- Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla p. 88.
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiː.ˈtó.matɬ/
Noun
xītomatl
- Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).
- c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 24v
- Auh ca nohuian quihualtocatiaque yn tlalli. auh yn quihualquitiaque. yn intech monequia. nacatl yn tonacayotl. yhuã yn etl. huauhtli. chian yhuan chilli. xitomatl.
- (And everywhere they sowed seeds in the soil, and they ate what they needed: meat and the products of the land [like] corn, beans, amaranth, chia, chilis, and tomatoes.)
- c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 24v
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References
- Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 76–77
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 326