ilamapil

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From ilama (“old woman”) +‎ -pīl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ilaˈmapiːɬ/

Noun

ilamapīl (animate, plural ilamapipīl)

Diminutive of ilama; a small old woman.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 241r:
  Vejezuela. ylamato.ylamapil.ylamatcatontli.
  A small old woman. ylamato.ylamapil.ylamatcatontli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 37r. col. 2:
  Ilamapil. vejezuela.
  Ilamapil. a small old woman.

Synonyms

(small old woman): ilamatcātōntli, ilamatōn

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 37

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