cuauhcalli
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- quauhcalli (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom cuahuitl (“wood”) + calli (“house”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuauhcalli (inanimate)
- A large wooden cage used as a prison.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 144r:
- Iaula grãde. quauhcalli.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
edit- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 218.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 61.