achichincle
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āchichinqui, from ātl (“water”) + chichinqui (“sucker, sucking”), the original sense was that of a mine operator which oversaw the contention of underground water in mineshafts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at͡ʃiˈt͡ʃinkle/ [a.t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃĩŋ.kle]
- Rhymes: -inkle
- Syllabification: a‧chi‧chin‧cle
Noun
achichincle m or f by sense (plural achichincles)
Further reading
- “achichincle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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