cacahuanantli.

Headword:

cacahuanantli.

Principal English Translation:

tree planted to give shade to cacao shrubs (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

cacahuanāntli

IPAspelling:

kɑkɑwɑnɑːntɬi

Frances Karttunen:

CACAHUANĀN-TLI tree planted to give shade to cacao shrubs / árbol que se planta en las sementeras de cacao para hacerle sombra (R) [(1)Rp.65]. R fails to mark the vowel of the fourth syllable long. See CACAHUA-TL, NĀN-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 18.

Attestations from sources in English:

It appears that mother is part of the word, protecting the shrubs under her care. The vowel length for nantli, mother, is the same.

themes:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising

Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao

Plants, Trees, Flora