tlameme

Central Nahuatl

Noun

tlameme (animate)

1. donkey (mammal)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tlaˈmeme/ [t̪laˈme.me]
• Rhymes: -eme
• Syllabification: tla‧me‧me

Noun

tlameme m (plural tlamemes)

1. (El Salvador) Alternative form of tameme; porter, carrier

   Mi abuela empleaba un tlameme para traer sacos de frijoles desde casa al mercado. ― My grandma used to hire a carrier to take gunny sacks of beans from our house to the market.

2. (El Salvador) underling, scrub, peon

   No logré pasar con mi propio doctor, sino que me mandó a su tlameme. ― I couldn't see my actual doctor, instead he sent me his underling.

Further reading

• “tlameme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28