mecapalli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mecatl (“rope, cord”) + -pal, an instrumental suffix, + -lli.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mecapalli
- tumpline
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55r. col. 1:
- Mecapalli. mecapal, cordel para lleuar carga acueſtas.
(Mecapalli. tumpline, cord to bear a load on the back.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
- Spanish: mecapal
References[edit]
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 142