tlacochinamitl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tlacōtl "stick" + chināmitl "cane fence".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬakoːtʃinaːmitɬ/

Noun

tlacōchināmitl

1. A fence, a stick fence.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118r. col. 2:

     tlacochinamitl. cerco, o seto de xaras, o de cosa semejante, o xara para hazer seto.
     (tlacochinamitl. a fence, or a fence of sticks or something similar, or a stick to make fences)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. A stick used to build fences, a picket.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118r. col. 2:

     tlacochinamitl. cerco, o seto de xaras, o de cosa semejante, o xara para hazer seto.
     (tlacochinamitl. a fence, or a fence of sticks or something similar, or a stick to make fences)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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