tlaltetl
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom tlālli (“earth”) + tetl (“rock, stone”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittlāltetl
- clod, clump of earth
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 233v:
- Terron pedaço de tierra. tlaltetl.
(Clod, clump of dirt. tlaltetl.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 112v. col. 2:
- Terron pedaço de tierra. tlaltetl.
(Clod, clump of dirt. tlaltetl.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 124v. col. 2:
- Tlaltetl. terron grande.
(Tlaltetl. a large clod.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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editReferences
edit- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 277
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, pages 112, 124