cuachcalli

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 8 October 2014

Alternative forms

• quachcalli (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From cuāchtli (“large cotton sheet”) +‎ calli (“house, structure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʷaːt͡ʃˈka.lːi]

Noun

cuāchcalli (inanimate)

1. canopy, awning
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 84r. col. 1:

     Quachcalli. pauellon, cielo de cama, paramento, o tienda de mantas enceradas.

     Quachcalli. a canopy, canopy over a bed, ornaments or a store selling waxed cloth.

2. ornaments or decoration for a bed; bed canopy
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188v:

     Paramentos de cama. quachcalli.

     The facings of a bed. quachcalli.

   • Idem, f. 64r.

     Cielo de cama. quachcalli.

     A bed canopy. quachcalli.

3. a store that sells cloth or canvas
   • '1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 234v.

     Tienda de lienço. quachcalli.

     A store selling cloth. quachcalli.

Synonyms

• (bed canopy): cuāchcalyahualli

Derived terms

• cuāchcallālia (verb)
• cuāchcaltōpīlli
• cuāchcalyahualli

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 84r