chipolin

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English

Noun

chipolin (uncountable)

Alternative form of cipolin (“type of marble”)

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

chipuli (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

chipolin (inanimate)

shell, seashell
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21r. col. 2:
  Chipuli. caracol.
  Chipuli. a seashell.

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 21r

French

Noun

chipolin m (countable and uncountable, plural chipolins)

cipolin (“a type of marble”); Alternative form of cipolin

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