cuacecelicapil.

Headword:

cuacecelicapil.

Principal English Translation:

a newborn whose crown is still not closed, soft spot still not closed; refers metaphorically to one who still lacks experience in the things of life (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants:

quacecelicapil

Alonso de Molina:

quacecelicapil. mancebillo que aun no tiene cerrada la mollera, y metaphoricamente se dize del que tiene poca experiencia delas cosas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 84r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Anatomy

Children, Childhood, Adolescence

Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles