ilamapil
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ilama (“old woman”) + -pīl.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ilamapīl (animate, plural ilamapipīl)
- diminutive of ilama; a small old woman.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 241r:
- Vejezuela. ylamato.ylamapil.ylamatcatontli.
- A small old woman. ylamato.ylamapil.ylamatcatontli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 37r. col. 2:
- Ilamapil. vejezuela.
- Ilamapil. a small old woman.
Synonyms
[edit]- (small old woman): ilamatcātōntli, ilamatōn
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 37