comalli

Classical Nahuatl

Comāltin

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈmaːlːi/

Noun

comālli (inanimate)

A disk-shaped griddle placed over fire to cook tortillas.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 24r. col. 2.
  coamalli. comal adonde cuezen tortillas de maiz etc. o el bazo
  
  (comalli. griddle where they cook maize tortillas, etc. or the spleen)

Derived terms

comālchīhua (verb)
comālixca (verb)

comālnamaca (verb)
comāltlīlli

cuezcomālli
ēlcomālli

Descendants

Spanish: comal

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 41

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl comālli

Noun

comalli

a pan used to grill tortillas.

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