mecapal
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mecapalli (“tumpline”), based on mecatl (“cord, rope”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mecapal m (plural mecapales)
- (Central America, Mexico) tumpline
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55r. col. 1:
- Mecapalli. mecapal, cordel para lleuar carga acueſtas.
- Mecapalli. tumpline, cord to bear a load on the back.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mecapal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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