huipil

From Spanish huipil, from Classical Nahuatl huīpīlli (“woman's blouse”).

huipil (plural huipils or huipiles)

1. A traditional blouse worn by the women of various indigenous peoples of Central America including the Maya and Zapotec, or the textile from which such a garment is made.
   • 1988 February 5, Salena Fuller, “On Exhibit: modern art of the ancient Maya”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     A woman weaves her huipil after praying to the saints, who are believed to have taught women to weave "in the beginning of time.

• huipil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huīpīlli (“woman's blouse”).

• IPA^(key): /w̝iˈpil/ [w̝iˈpil]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: hui‧pil

huipil m (plural huipiles)

1. huipil (traditional Mayan blouse)

• English: huipil

• huipil on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

• “huipil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014