huipilli
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- (Cholula): huepilli
- (Tlaxcala): uipil
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːpiːlːi/
Descendants
- Spanish: huipil
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːpiːlli/
Noun
huipilli (plural huipiltin or huipilmeh)
- An indigenous woman's blouse.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 157v. col. 1:
- uipilli. camisa de india.
- (uipilli. an indigenous woman's blouse.)
- c. 1558-1561, Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, 232.
- in ticueye in tivipille in pilli tiçivauh tiçivauh in tequiva tiçivauh in achcauhtli tiçivauh
- (you with the skirts, you with the wives of valiant warriors, you the wives of the constables.)
Descendants
- Spanish: huipil
References
- “huipilli” in the Nahuatl Dictionary, University of Oregon, 2011.
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