IPA(key): [ʃaˈká.lːi] <span class="searchmatch">xacalli</span> (inanimate) alternative form of xahcalli; (it is) a small shack; a jacal...
(Tlaxcala): xajkal xahcalli hut. <span class="searchmatch">xacalli</span> Possibly *xahtli "thatch (?)" + calli "house". Xahcalli is the source of Spanish and English jacal, and possibly...
an article on: jacal Wikipedia From Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl <span class="searchmatch">xacalli</span>. IPA(key): /həˈkɑːl/ Rhymes: -ɑːl jacal (plural jacals or jacales) A wattle-and-mud...
authorities derive this word from Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl <span class="searchmatch">xacalli</span> (“adobe hut”). Alternatively, the word may instead come from ramshackle/ramshackly...