tzintamalli

Central Nahuatl

Noun

tzintamalli

(Milpa Alta) buttock

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

tzīntli (“rump”) +‎ tamalli (“tamale”).

Noun

tzīntamalli

buttocks
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 179r.:
  Nalga. tzintamalli.
  Buttock. tzintamalli.

References

Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 313

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