metlapil

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl metlapīlli (“hand-held grinding stone”), from metlatl (“metate”) + pīlli (“son”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /metlaˈpil/ [me.t̪laˈpil]
Rhymes: -il
Syllabification: me‧tla‧pil

Noun

metlapil m (plural metlapiles)

(Honduras, Mexico) a cylindrical grinding stone, especially one used with a metate

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See also

References

Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 86

Further reading

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

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