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Central Nahuatl
Noun
temazcalli
- lodge, sweat bath.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From tēma (“to pour, bathe by pouring”) + calli (“house, structure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
temāzcalli (plural temāzcaltin)
- A sweat lodge, sweat bath.
- temazcalli. casilla como estufa, adonde se bañan y sudan.
- (temazcalli. small house like an oven, where they bathe and sweat.)
Descendants
References
- “temazcalli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.