altepetl

[campbel at INDIANA.EDU]

   ...and to balance the list of "difrasismos", some examples of noun-noun stem
compounding, one of the real workhorse processes in Nahuatl:


acalli                  canoe
  water-house

acalyacatl              prow of a ship
  water-house-nose

ahuictli                oar
  water-oar

altepetlacatl           townsperson
  water-hill-person

amoxcalli               bookstore
  book-house

aohtli                  water conduit
  water-road

atentli                 bank of a river
  water-lip/edge

axictli                 whirlpool
  water-navel

axixcalli               latrine
  water-excrement-house

axixtecomatl            bladder
  water-excrement-jar

cactlilli               shoemaker's dye
  shoe-soot

cahualloquetzontli      horse's mane
  horse-neck-hair

calcuaitl               roof of a house
  house-head

calnacaztli             corner of a house
  house-ear

calohtli                road that goes to a house
  house-road

canauhtetl              duck egg
  duck-stone

icxiohtli               footpath
  foot-road

mazacalli               stable
  deer-house

nexatl                  lye
  ash-water

ocopetlacalli           pine box
  pine-mat-house

ocotzotl                pine resin
  pine-sweat/filth

pahcalli                drugstore
  medicine-house

petlacalmecahuehuetl    spinet, stringed instrument with keys
  mat-house-rope-drum

pitzocalli              pigsty
  pig-house

teocuitlatl             gold
  god-excrement

teocuitlaxalli          gold dust
  god-excrement-sand

teocuitlaxiquipilli     money bag
  god-excrement-bag

tlacatecolocihuatl      diabolical woman
  person-owl-woman

tlacatecolotl           owl
  person-owl

tlacualcalli            pantry
  something-eat-pat.n.-house

tlecaxitl               braisier
  fire-bowl

tocaamatl               list of names
  name-paper

totolcalli              henhouse
  turkey hen/chicken-house