chiyampinolli
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- chianpinolli (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom chiyan (“chia”) + pinolli (“pinole”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchiyampinolli (inanimate)
- (it is) a beverage made from pinole and chia.
- 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 90r:
- luego muy de manána les dabá a beber cierta bebida llamada chiápinolli, y cada vno bebia quáto q́ria […]
- then, early in the morning, they gave them to drink a certain drink called chiyanpinolli, and each one drank as much as he wanted […]