comalli

Classical Nahuatl

Comāltin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmaːlːi/

Noun

comālli (inanimate)

1. A disk-shaped griddle placed over fire to cook tortillas.
   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 24r. col. 2.

     coamalli. comal adonde cuezen tortillas de maiz etc. o el bazo

     (comalli. griddle where they cook maize tortillas, etc. or the spleen)

Derived terms

• comālchīhua (verb)
• comālixca (verb)

• comālnamaca (verb)
• comāltlīlli

• cuezcomālli
• ēlcomālli

Descendants

• Spanish: comal

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 41

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl comālli

Noun

comalli

1. a pan used to grill tortillas.