colex

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coles (“cabbages”), plural of col (“cabbage”), from Latin caulis.

Compare Tetelcingo Nahuatl culex.

Noun

colex

  1. Cabbage.

References
  • Key, Harold; Ritchie de Key, Mary (1953) Vocabulario mejicano de la Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 146
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