cuappatoliztli.

Headword:

cuappatoliztli.

Principal English Translation:

the act of playing chess (see Molina); does this word contain patolli? might this term refer to a wooden board game that is not necessarily only chess?

Orthographic Variants:

quappatoliztli, quapatoliztli, cuapatoliztli

Alonso de Molina:

quappatoliztli. el acto de jugar al axedrez.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 85r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes:

Sports, Games, Leisure