Headword:
cencalli.
Principal English Translation:
a family (see Molina); possibly also used to refer to granaries (see attestations)
IPAspelling:
senkɑlli
Attestations from sources in English:
Note the elements one/entire and house in the term. Household may be a better translation than family.
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
"Hay graneros para guardar las mazorcas de maíz llamadas cencales (del nahuatl Centli, maíz; calli, casa), se llegan a ver algunos pizcadores de hueso, lo mismo que canastas y cestos fabricados de fibras vegetales para transportar granos."
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