mantelex

Classical Nahuatl edit

FWOTD – 29 September 2014

Alternative forms edit

manteles (alternative or obsolete spelling)

Etymology edit

From Spanish manteles (“tablecloths”), ultimately from Latin mantēle. Borrowing plural Spanish nouns and reinterpreting them as singular was common in Classical Nahuatl (compare huācax (“cow”), pātox (“duck”)).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [manˈtéː.leʃ]

Noun edit

mantēlex (inanimate)

(it is) a tablecloth
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 164r:
  Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. / mantelex.
  Tablecloths. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlapachiuhcayotl. mantelex.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 1:
  Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhca- / yotl. manteles.
  Tablecloths. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. manteles.

Derived terms edit

mantēlextōn

References edit

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 82r