mantelex
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- manteles (alternative or obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editmantēlex (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
editReferences
edit- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 82r