"acatl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Central Nahuatl]

IPA: [aːkatɬ] Forms: akatl [alternative]
Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl acatl. Etymology templates: {{der|nhn|nci|acatl}} Classical Nahuatl acatl Head templates: {{head|nhn|nouns|inanimate||||||cat2=|f2accel-form=p|head=}} acatl (inanimate), {{nhn-noun|i}} acatl (inanimate)
  1. (Calpan, Cholula and Milpa Alta): reed, cane Tags: Cholula, Milpa-Alta, inanimate Synonyms: ohuatl Derived forms: acatlan, acaxochitl

Noun [Classical Nahuatl]

IPA: [ˈaː.kat͡ɬ] Forms: ācatl [canonical], aacatl [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Nahuan *aaka-tl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pakaN-ta. Etymology templates: {{inh|nci|azc-nah-pro|*aaka-|*aaka-tl}} Proto-Nahuan *aaka-tl, {{inh|nci|azc-pro|*pakaN|*pakaN-ta}} Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pakaN-ta Head templates: {{head|nci|nouns|inanimate||||||cat2=|f1accel-form=p|f2accel-form=p|head=ācatl}} ācatl (inanimate), {{nci-noun|i|ācatl}} ācatl (inanimate)
  1. reed Tags: inanimate
    Sense id: en-acatl-nci-noun-2CUuXXj5
  2. The thirteenth day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli. Tags: inanimate Derived forms (Proper nouns derived from acatl): Acapolco, Acatenanco, Acatepec, Acatlan, Acatzinco, Acayohcan
    Sense id: en-acatl-nci-noun-zmTX9xfi Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Mesoamerican day signs, Plants Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Mesoamerican day signs: 3 97 Disambiguation of Plants: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'Proper nouns derived from acatl': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ācachapolin, ācacoyōtl, ācaicpalli, ācatlan, ācayotl

Noun [Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl]

Head templates: {{head|nhe|noun}} acatl
  1. obsolete spelling of akatl Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: akatl
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      "ipa": "[aːkatɬ]"
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          "text": "Caña hueca. acatl.",
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          "text": "16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12v.",
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          "tonalpohualli#Classical_Nahuatl"
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.