xino̱la̱j

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish señora (“lady”).

Compare Tetelcingo Nahuatl xejnula (“foreign woman”).

Noun

xino̱la̱j

1. A well-dressed woman.

Related terms

• coyo̱t

References

• Key, Harold, Ritchie de Key, Mary (1953) Vocabulario mejicano de la Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 228