chinamitl

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 4 November 2014

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃiˈnaːmitɬ/

Noun

chināmitl

1. A fence of canes or cornstalks.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21r. col. 1:

     chinamitl. seto o cerca de cañas.
     (chinamitl. a hedge or fence of canes.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. An area so enclosed, or the canes or cornstalks themselves.
3. A chinampa, an agricultural strip.
4. An urban division, the subunit of an altepetl.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chināmpan
• chināncalli
• quāuchināmitl
• techināmitl
• tlacōchināmitl

Descendants

• Spanish: chinampa

References

• “chinamitl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.