metlapilli

Central Nahuatl

Noun

metlapilli

1. metlapil.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From metlatl (“metate”) +‎ pīlli (“son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈt͜ɬapiːlli/

Noun

metlapīlli

1. A cylindrical, hand-held grinding stone used together with the metate.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55v. col. 1:

     Metlapilli. moledor con que muelen el mayz.
     (Metlapilli. grinder with which they grind maize.)

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Descendants

• Spanish: metlapil

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 143