emillah

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

emilla (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From emīlli (“bean field”) +‎ -tlah.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [eˈmiː.lːaʔ]

Noun

emīllah (locative)

A place cultivated with beans; with numerous bean fields.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 29. col. 1:
  EMilla . lugar, o eredad de friſo / les, o de hauas.
  Emilla. a place or a cultivated field of beans.

Related terms

emīlli

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 29

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