Yacatl
/ˈja.kat͡ɬ/noun
A Nahuatl word meaning “nose,” and by extension the point or tip of something.
Did you know?Nahuatl words often connect body parts to spatial ideas, and yacatl shows how the “nose” became a metaphor for a projecting point or edge.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Nahuatl
Nah
yacatl
“nose; point; tip”
Modern Nahuatl
Nah
yacatl
“nose; tip; edge”
Colonial Spanish records
Spa
yácatl
“nose (Nahuatl loanword/transcription)”
Modern English
Eng
yacatl
“Nahuatl word for nose, used in linguistic and historical contexts”
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