nacatamalli
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
nacatamalli
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From nacatl (“meat”) + tamalli (“tamal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nacatamalli (inanimate, plural nacatamalli)
- (it is) a meat-filled tamal.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 062r. col. 1:
- Nacatamalli. empanada de carne o coſa ſemejante.
- Nacatamalli. a meat empanada or of something similar.
Descendants[edit]
- Spanish: nacatamal
References[edit]
- “nacatamalli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.