temazcalli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tēma (“to pour, bathe by pouring”) +‎ calli (“house, structure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈmaːskalli/

Noun

temāzcalli (plural temāzcaltin)

1. A sweat lodge, sweat bath.

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 98r. col. 1.

     temazcalli. casilla como estufa, adonde se bañan y sudan.

     (temazcalli. small house like an oven, where they bathe and sweat.)

Descendants

• Spanish: temazcal

References

• “temazcalli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.