cuachcalli
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 8 October 2014
Alternative forms
- quachcalli (obsolete spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʷaːt͡ʃˈka.lːi]
Noun
cuāchcalli (inanimate)
- canopy, awning
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 84r. col. 1:
- Quachcalli. pauellon, cielo de cama, paramento, o tienda de mantas enceradas.
- Quachcalli. a canopy, canopy over a bed, ornaments or a store selling waxed cloth.
- ornaments or decoration for a bed; bed canopy
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 188v:
- Paramentos de cama. quachcalli.
- The facings of a bed. quachcalli.
- Idem, f. 64r.
- Cielo de cama. quachcalli.
- A bed canopy. quachcalli.
- Cielo de cama. quachcalli.
- a store that sells cloth or canvas
- '1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 234v.
- Tienda de lienço. quachcalli.
- A store selling cloth. quachcalli.
- Tienda de lienço. quachcalli.
- '1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 234v.
Synonyms
- (bed canopy): cuāchcalyahualli
Derived terms
- cuāchcallālia (verb)
- cuāchcaltōpīlli
- cuāchcalyahualli
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 84r
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