cuitlacalli

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From cuitlatl (“excrement”) +‎ calli (“house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʷi.t͡ɬaˈka.lːi/

Noun

cuitlacalli (inanimate)

latrine, toilet
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 179v:
  Neceſſaria o priuada. cuitlacalli. axixcalli. nemanauilcalli.
  A toilet or latrine. cuitlacalli. axixcalli. nemanauilcalli.
- Idem, f. 202r.
  Priuada. cuitlacalli. axixcalli.
  A latrine. cuitlacalli. axixcalli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 27r. col. 1:
  Cuitlacalli.priuada, o las neceſſarias.
  Cuitlacalli. a latrine or a toilet.

Synonyms

(latrine, toilet): āxīxcalli, āxīxpan, nemānāhuīlcalli

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 27

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