equipal

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Spanish

FWOTD – 23 February 2014

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl icpalli (“seat, chair”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ekiˈpal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: e‧qui‧pal

Noun

equipal m (plural equipales)

  1. (historical) a ground-level seat used by Aztec rulers in the manner of a throne
    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 38v:
      Cabecera ycpal que ſirue por almohada. tzonicpalli.
      Headrest equipal that serves as a pillow. tzonicpalli.
    • 2011, Juanita Delgadillo Ramírez, El despertar de la conciencia tolteca, Palibrio, page 33:
      ¡Xochiatzin, hija ven siéntate a mi lado! señalando un equipal con su mano.
      “Xochiatzin, come sit by my side, daughter!” indicating a seat with her hand.
    • Marcelo del Río, El sueño dela Malinche in 2007, Román Calvo, Viajero sin equipaje y otras obras, Editorial Pax México, page 57
      Los tramoyistas colocan unos arbustos y un equipal
      The stagehands place some bushes and a seat
  2. (Mexico) a type of reed or wicker chair with a leather-sheathed seat and back
    • 1988, Marta Turok, Cómo acercarse a la artesania, Editorial Plaza y Janés, page 71:
      Flexibles por naturaleza pero a la vez resistentes, son las más aptas para muebles, armazones, equipales, jaulas, juguetes, canastas para cosechar y lavar productos agrícolas (café, cacao, chile, pimienta, etc.), chiquihuites y petates, entre otros, elaborados después de ocho a once fases previas.
      Naturally flexible but at the same time resistant, they are the most well suited for furniture, frames, seats, cages, toys, baskets for harvesting and washing farm produce (coffee, cocoa, chili, pepper, etc.), handleless baskets and mats, among other things, manufactured after eight to eleven previous stages.

References

  • Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 68

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