tlapallahcuiloh

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Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Preterite agentive of tlapallahcuiloa, from tlapalli "color" + tlahcuiloa "to paint".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tɬapallaʔkʷiloʔ/

Noun[edit]

tlapallahcuiloh (plural tlapallahcuilohqueh)

  1. A painter.
    • 1570: petition of a group of painters to the Spanish alcalde mayor
      yn téhuantin titlapallácuilóque nican tochan tollantzinco
      (we painters whose home is here in Tulancingo)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References[edit]

  • Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page p, 92
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