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English
Adjective
colex (not comparable)
- Short for colexicographic.
Highland Puebla Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish coles (“cabbages”), plural of col (“cabbage”), from Latin caulis.
Compare Tetelcingo Nahuatl culex.
Noun
colex
- Cabbage.
References
- Key, Harold, Ritchie de Key, Mary (1953) Vocabulario mejicano de la Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 146