nacatamalli

Central Nahuatl

Noun

nacatamalli

1. nacatamal.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From nacatl (“meat”) +‎ tamalli (“tamal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na.ka.taˈmá.lːi]

Noun

nacatamalli (inanimate, plural nacatamalli)

1. (it is) a meat-filled tamal.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 062r. col. 1:

   Nacatamalli. empanada de carne o coſa ſemejante.

   Nacatamalli. a meat empanada or of something similar.

Descendants

• Spanish: nacatamal

References

• “nacatamalli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.