icpal

See also: ícpal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish icpal, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl icpalli.

Noun

icpal (plural icpals)

1. A kind of indigenous Mexican seat or bench.
   • 1931, Carleton Beals, Mexican Maize, page 114:

     Spanish royalty sat arrogantly in an elaborate Fourth-of-July pavillion; the Moorish kings sat glumly on native leather icpal chairs.

Anagrams

• plica

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈíːk.paɬ]

Noun

īcpal (inanimate)

1. third-person singular possessive singular of icpalli; (it is) his, her or its seat; chair.
2. third-person singular possessive plural of icpalli; (they are) his, her or its seats; chairs.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• equipal

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl icpalli.

Noun

icpal m (plural icpales)

1. icpal

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Cf. Classical Nahuatl icpalli.

Noun

icpal

1. chair

References

• Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., 2006, page 16