tlapantli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tla- (“indefinite inanimate prefix”) + -pan (“above”) + -tli (absolutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tlapantli (absolutive plural tlapanmeh)
- roof, housetop
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 131r. col. 1:
- tlapantli. azotea, o terrado.
(tlapantli. roof or terrace.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- terrace
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 131r. col. 1:
- tlapantli. azotea, o terrado.
(tlapantli. roof or terrace.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
References[edit]
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 290