papaḻot

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Yatzachi Zapotec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish papalote, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl pāpālōtl (butterfly).

Noun[edit]

papaḻot

  1. kite (toy)

References[edit]

  • Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)‎[1], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 274