icpalli
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icpalli (plural icpallis)
- (historical) A seat or throne in ancient Aztec culture.
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icpalli
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icpalli
- seat (place in which to sit)
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 26r:
- Aſſentadero. ycpalli. tzinicpalli.
- A seat. ycpalli. tzinicpalli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 15r. col. 2:
- Aſſentadero. ycpalli. tzinicpalli.
- A seat. ycpalli. tzinicpalli.
- Idem, f. 33v. col. 2.
- Icpalli. aſſentadero.
- Icpalli. a seat.
- Icpalli. aſſentadero.
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- Spanish: equipal
References edit
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 95