tzintamalli
Central Nahuatl edit
Noun edit
tzintamalli
- (Milpa Alta) buttock
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
tzīntli (“rump”) + tamalli (“tamale”).
Noun edit
tzīntamalli
- buttocks
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 179r.:
- Nalga. tzintamalli.
- Buttock. tzintamalli.
References edit
- Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 313