tapalcatl
Appearance
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapalcatl (inanimate)
- a potsherd, a broken tile or pot
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 91r. col. 1:
- Tapalcatl. caxco de vaſija de barro quebrada, o / teja quebrada.
- Tapalcatl. potsherd from a clay pot, or a broken tile.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Spanish: tepalcate
References
[edit]- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 215
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 91