texcalli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Nominalization of tetl (“stone”) +‎ ixca (“to cook, bake”) (cf. tlaxcalli (“bread, tortilla”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [teʃˈka.lːi]

Noun

texcalli (inanimate)

An oven, especially one for baking bread.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 142r:
  Horno de cozer pan. texcalli. tlaxcaltexcalli.
  An oven for baking bread. texcalli. tlaxcaltexcalli.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 72r. col. 1:
  Horno de cozer pan. texcalli. tlaxcaltexcalli.
  An oven for baking bread. texcalli. texcaltexcalli.
- Idem, f. 112r. col. 2.
  Texcalli. peñaſco,riſco, o horno.
  Texcalli. a cliff or crag, or an oven

Derived terms

tlaxcaltexcalli

References

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 72, 112

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