tepozcuacalalahtli
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edittepoztli "metal" + *cuācalalahtli "helmet". Compare teōcuitlacuācalalahtli.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittepozcuācalalahtli
- A morion.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:
- Quxiote armadura. tepuzquacalalatli.
Quixones yerua conocida. lo miſmo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
edit- Clayton, Mary L. (1999) Three questions in Nahuatl morphology: 'wedge', 'helmet', 'plaster'. International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 466–484.