mantelex
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- manteles (alternative or obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Spanish manteles (“tablecloths”), ultimately from Latin mantēle. Borrowing plural Spanish nouns and reinterpreting them as singular was common in Classical Nahuatl (compare huācax (“cow”), pātox (“duck”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mantēlex (inanimate)
- (it is) a tablecloth
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 164r:
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. / mantelex.
- Tablecloths. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlapachiuhcayotl. mantelex.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 1:
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhca- / yotl. manteles.
- Tablecloths. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. manteles.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 82r