tapalcatl

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Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

tapalcatl (inanimate)

a potsherd, a broken tile or pot
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 91r. col. 1:
  Tapalcatl. caxco de vaſija de barro quebrada, o / teja quebrada.
  Tapalcatl. potsherd from a clay pot, or a broken tile.

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Descendants

Spanish: tepalcate

References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 215
Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 91

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