mecahuehuetl
Classical Nahuatl
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editEtymology
editFrom mecatl (“cord”) + huēhuētl (“drum”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmecahuēhuētl
- a string instrument: guitar; lute; harp
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 152v:
- Laud inſtrumento muſico. mecaueuetl.
(Lute, musical instrument. mecaueuetl.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55r. col. 1:
- mecaueuetl. viguela, o harpa.
(mecaueuetl. a vihuela or harp.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)