tanahtontli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tanahtli (“palm-leaf basket”) + -tōn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tanahtōntli (inanimate)
- diminutive of tanahtli; a small palm-leaf basket
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 90v. col. 2:
- Tanatontli. eſportilla deſtas palmas.
- Tanatontli. a small basket made from these palm leaves.
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 90v