chichihualmecapalli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• chichiualmecapal, chichiualmecapalli, chichioalmecapalli

Etymology

chīchīhualli (“breasts”) +‎ mecapalli (“tumpline”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃiːtʃiːwalmecapalli/

Noun

chīchīhualmecapalli

1. A woman with large breasts.

   Synonyms: chichihualatecomatl, chichihualaapilol, tlacazolchichihualeh, tlatlazolchichihualeh

   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 234r:

     Tetuda de grandes tetas. chichiualatecomatl.chichiualmecapal.chichiualaapilol.tlacaçolchichiuale.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 10, chapter 27, paragraph 9

     Chichioallic [...] ichichioal, uiuiiac, memecapaltic, chichioalmecapalli, atoltic.

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, pages part XI, pp. 110–111