nacatamalli
Central Nahuatl edit
Noun edit
nacatamalli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From nacatl (“meat”) + tamalli (“tamal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nacatamalli (inanimate, plural nacatamalli)
- (it is) a meat-filled tamal.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 062r. col. 1:
- Nacatamalli. empanada de carne o coſa ſemejante.
- Nacatamalli. a meat empanada or of something similar.
Descendants edit
- Spanish: nacatamal
References edit
- “nacatamalli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.