mantelex
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 29 September 2014
Alternative forms
- manteles (alternative or obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From Spanish manteles, plural of mantel (“tablecloth”), ultimately from Latin.
Borrowing plural Spanish nouns and reinterpreting them as singular was common in Classical Nahuatl (compare huācax (“cow”), pātox (“duck”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [manˈtéː.leʃ]
Noun
mantēlex (inanimate)
- (it is) a tablecloth
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 164r.
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. / mantelex.
- Tablecloths. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlapachiuhcayotl. mantelex.
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. / mantelex.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 1.
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhca- / yotl. manteles.
- Tablecloths. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhcayotl. manteles.
- Manteles. meſa tlapachiuhcayotl. tlatlapachiuhca- / yotl. manteles.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 164r.
Derived terms
- mantēlextōn
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 82r