zacamecatl

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

çacamecatl (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From zacatl (“grass”) +‎ mecatl (“rope”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

zacamecatl (inanimate)

A rope made from coarse grass.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 227r:
  Soga cuerda de eſparto. çacamecatl.
  A rope made from coarse grass. çacamecatl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 109v. col. 2:
  Soga cuerda de eſparto.çacamecatl.
  A rope made from coarse grass. çacamecatl.
- Idem, f. 13v. col. 1.
  çacamecatl. ſoga deſparto, ode coſa ſemejante.
  çacamecatl. a rope made from esparto or something similar.

Descendants

Spanish: zacamecate

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 109, 13

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