tanahtontli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From tanahtli (“palm-leaf basket”) + -tōn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tanahtōntli (inanimate)
- Diminutive of tanahtli; a small palm-leaf basket
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 90v. col. 2:
- Tanatontli. eſportilla deſtas palmas.
- Tanatontli. a small basket made from these palm leaves.
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 90v