techinamitl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tetl "stone" + chināmitl "cane fence".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tetʃinaːmitɬ/

Noun

techināmitl

A fence, a city wall.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 92v. col. 1:
  techinamitl. cerco, o muro de ciudad.
  (chinamitl. a fence, or a city wall)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

tenāmitl

References

“techinamitl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

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