xochichinancalli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From xōchitl (“flower”) + chināncalli (“fenced enclosure”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
xōchichināncalli
- a garden, a flower garden
- 1571, Bernardino de Sahagún, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 160r. col. 2:
- xuchichinancalli. jardin.
(xuchichinancalli. garden.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References edit
- “xochichinacalli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.