cuachpamitl

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

cuāchpānitl, cuāchpāntli

Etymology

From cuāchtli (“large cotton sheet”) +‎ pāmitl (“banner, row”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʷaːt͡ʃˈpaːmit͡ɬ/

Noun

cuāchpāmitl

standard, banner, flag
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 118r:
  Eſtandarte. quachpantli.quachpanitl.quachpamitl.
  (Banner. quachpantli.quachpanitl.quachpamitl.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 84r. col. 1:
  Quachpamitl. eſtandarte, vandera,o pendon.
  (Quachpamitl. standard, flag or pennant.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 56

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