emillah

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• emilla (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From emīlli (“bean field”) +‎ -tlah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈmiː.lːaʔ]

Noun

emīllah (locative)

1. A place cultivated with beans; with numerous bean fields.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 29. col. 1:

     EMilla . lugar, o eredad de friſo / les, o de hauas.

     Emilla. a place or a cultivated field of beans.

Related terms

• emīlli

References

• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 29