tzintamalli
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Central Nahuatl
[edit]Noun
[edit]tzintamalli
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tzīntli (“rump”) + tamalli (“tamale”).
Noun
[edit]tzīntamalli
- buttocks
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 179r.:
- Nalga. tzintamalli.
- Buttock. tzintamalli.
References
[edit]- Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 313