chinancalli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From chināmitl (“cane fence”) + calli (“structure, house”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chināncalli (inanimate)
- A house or enclosure fashioned from cane or hedge.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21r. col. 1:
- Chinancalli.cercado de ſeto.
- Chinancalli. a hedge enclosure.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 21r