temazcalli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tēma (“to pour, bathe by pouring”) +‎ calli (“house, structure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teˈmaːskalli/

Noun

temāzcalli (plural temāzcaltin)

A sweat lodge, sweat bath.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 98r. col. 1.
  
  temazcalli. casilla como estufa, adonde se bañan y sudan.
  
  (temazcalli. small house like an oven, where they bathe and sweat.)

Descendants

Spanish: temazcal

References

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

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