calmecac

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl calmecac (house of the lineage).

Noun

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calmecac (plural calmecacs or calmecac)

  1. (historical) A school for the children of Aztec nobility.

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Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From calmecatl (house of the lineage) +‎ -c (locative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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calmecac inan (plural calmecac)

  1. school for Aztec nobility.

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References

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Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 22