millahtlacatl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From mīllah (“farmland, cultivated fields”) + tlācatl (“person”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mīllahtlācatl (animate, plural mīllahtlācah)
- (he or she is) a person who works the land or inhabits a rural area; a farmer.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 151v:
- Labrador ruſtico. millacatl.millatlacatl.milpanecatl.
- A rustic farmer. millacatl.millatlacatl.milpanecatl.
Synonyms edit
- (inhabitant of a rural area): mīllahcatl, mīlpanēcatl
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa