xamixcalli
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From xamitl (“brick”) + ixca (“to cook, bake”); compare texcalli (“oven”) and tlaxcalli (“tortilla”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]xamixcalli (inanimate)
- a brick of fired adobe
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 151v:
- Ladrillo de barro cozido. xamixcalli.
- A brick of fired clay. xamixcalli.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa