chinamitl
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 4 November 2014
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃiˈnaːmitɬ/
Noun
chināmitl
- A fence of canes or cornstalks.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21r. col. 1.
- chinamitl. seto o cerca de cañas.
- (chinamitl. a hedge or fence of canes.)
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21r. col. 1.
- An area so enclosed, or the canes or cornstalks themselves.
- A chinampa, an agricultural strip.
- An urban division, the subunit of an altepetl.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- chināmpan
- chināncalli
- quāuchināmitl
Descendants
- Spanish: chinampa
References
- “chinamitl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.
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