tlapallahcuiloh

tlapallahcuiloh

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlapallácuiló

Etymology

Preterite agentive of tlapallahcuiloa, from tlapalli "color" + tlahcuiloa "to paint".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬapallaʔkʷiloʔ/

Noun

tlapallahcuiloh (plural tlapallahcuilohqueh)

1. A painter.
   • 1570: petition of a group of painters to the Spanish alcalde mayor

     yn téhuantin titlapallácuilóque nican tochan tollantzinco

     (we painters whose home is here in Tulancingo)

References

• Lockhart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology, Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, pages p, 92