pinolli

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Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

pinolli inan (plural pinolli)

(it is) unsifted maize or chia flour.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, pt 2, f. 82r. col. 1:
  Pinolli. la harina de mayz y chia, antes que la deſlian.
  Pinolli. the flour of the maize or chia (plants) before sifting.

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Spanish: pinole

References

“pinolli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.

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