mecapalli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From mecatl (“rope, cord”) +‎ -pal, an instrumental suffix, +‎ -lli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meˈkapalli/

Noun

mecapalli

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.)

Descendants

Spanish: mecapal

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 142

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