techinamitl

techinamitl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tetl "stone" + chināmitl "cane fence".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tetʃinaːmitɬ/

Noun

techināmitl

1. A fence, a city wall.
   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 92v. col. 1.

     techinamitl. cerco, o muro de ciudad.

     (chinamitl. a fence, or a city wall)

See also

• tenāmitl

References

• “techinamitl” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.