icpal

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish icpal, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl icpalli.

Noun

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icpal (plural icpals)

  1. A kind of indigenous Mexican seat or bench.
    • 1931, Carleton Beals, Mexican Maize, page 114:
      Spanish royalty sat arrogantly in an elaborate Fourth-of-July pavillion; the Moorish kings sat glumly on native leather icpal chairs.

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Classical Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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īcpal (inanimate)

  1. third-person singular possessive singular of icpalli; (it is) his, her or its seat; chair.
  2. third-person singular possessive plural of icpalli; (they are) his, her or its seats; chairs.

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl icpalli.

Noun

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icpal m (plural icpales)

  1. icpal

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Cf. Classical Nahuatl icpalli.

Noun

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icpal

  1. chair

References

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