cantīlaj

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Highland Totonac

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish candela.

Noun

cantīlaj

  1. candle

References

  • Aschmann, Herman P. (1983) Castellano-totonaco, totonaco-castellano: Dialecto de la sierra (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 7)‎, second edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 72