mecapal
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mecapalli (“tumpline”), based on mecatl (“cord, rope”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mekaˈpal/ [me.kaˈpal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: me‧ca‧pal
Noun
mecapal m (plural mecapales)
- (Central America, Mexico) tumpline
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55r. col. 1:
- Mecapalli. mecapal, cordel para lleuar carga acueſtas.
- Mecapalli. tumpline, cord to bear a load on the back.
Derived terms
- mecapalero m
Related terms
Further reading
- “mecapal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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