tzintamalli
Central Nahuatl
Noun
tzintamalli
- (Milpa Alta) buttock
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
tzīntli (“rump”) + tamalli (“tamale”).
Noun
tzīntamalli
- buttocks
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 179r.:
- Nalga. tzintamalli.
- Buttock. tzintamalli.
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References
- Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 313