mecapalli
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From mecatl (“rope, cord”) + -pal, an instrumental suffix, + -lli.
Pronunciation
Noun
mecapalli
- tumpline
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55r. col. 1.
Descendants
- Spanish: mecapal
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 142