tilma

tilma (plural tilmas)

1. (historical) An indigenous Mexican outer garment for men, worn on the front like a long apron, or fastened over the shoulders as a cloak.

• Talim, Limat, Tamil

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tilmahtli, likely through a possessive such as notilmah (“(it is) my tilma”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtilma/ [ˈt̪il.ma]
• Rhymes: -ilma
• Syllabification: til‧ma

tilma f (plural tilmas)

1. (historical, Mexico) an indigenous outer garment for men, worn on the front like a long apron, or fastened over the shoulders as a cloak

• manta

• “tilma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024