diablito

Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish diablito.

Noun

diablito

  1. hand truck

References
  • Aguilar Feria, Martimiana, García Rojas, Vicente, Erickson de Hollenbach, Elena (2017) Diccionario mixteco de Magdalena Peñasco (Saꞌan Ñuu Savi) (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 50)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 29

Spanish
A hand truck
A crowbar

Etymology

From diablo +‎ -ito.

Noun

diablito m (plural diablitos, feminine diablita, feminine plural diablitas)

  1. Diminutive of diablo
    Synonym: diablillo
  2. (Mexico) hand truck
    Synonyms: (Mexico) diablo de carga, (Mexico) diablito de carga, carro de carga, carretilla de carga, carro de mano, carretilla de mano, carro, carrucha
  3. (Mexico) crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar
    Synonyms: (Mexico) diablo, pie de cabra, pata de cabra, barreta, palanca
  4. the bronze mannikin, Lonchura cucullata

Derived terms
  • diablito de carga

Descendants
  • → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: diablito

Further reading
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