acallapani

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

acalli (“boat”) +‎ tlapani (“to break into pieces”)

Verb

acallapani

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be shipwrecked.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 248r:

     PAdecer naufragio. n,acallapani. nopan tlapani yn acalli.

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