tapalcatl
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tapalcatl (inanimate)
- a potsherd, a broken tile or pot
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 91r. col. 1:
- Tapalcatl. caxco de vaſija de barro quebrada, o / teja quebrada.
- Tapalcatl. potsherd from a clay pot, or a broken tile.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Spanish: tepalcate
References[edit]
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 215
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 91