chinancalli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From chināmitl (“cane fence”) + calli (“structure, house”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chināncalli (inanimate)
- A house or enclosure fashioned from cane or hedge.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21r. col. 1:
- Chinancalli.cercado de ſeto.
- Chinancalli. a hedge enclosure.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 21r