tzintamalli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

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

Noun

tzīntamalli

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

References

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

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