tlapanco
Central Nahuatl
Noun
tlapanco
- storage, roof.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From tlapantli (“roof”) + -co.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͜ɬapanko/
Noun
tlapanco (locative)
- a storage platform under the roof; loft, attic
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 131r. col. 1:
- tlapanco. enel azotea.
- tlapanco. on the roof.
Related terms
- tlapancalli
Descendants
- Spanish: tapanco
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 289