mantelex
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- manteles (alternative or obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From Spanish manteles (“tablecloths”), ultimately from Latin mantēle. Borrowing plural Spanish nouns and reinterpreting them as singular was common in Classical Nahuatl (compare huācax (“cow”), pātox (“duck”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
mantēlex (inanimate)
- (it is) a tablecloth
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 164r.
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. / mantelex.
- Tablecloths. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlapachiuhcayotl. mantelex.
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. / mantelex.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 1.
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhca- / yotl. manteles.
- Tablecloths. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. manteles.
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhca- / yotl. manteles.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 164r.
Derived terms
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 82r