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mantilla.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
mantilla.
Principal English Translation:
a small cloth, like a small tilmatli, also called a ropilla by Alonso de Molina (see our entry for tilmatli)
Attestations from sources in Spanish:
yhuan ynin tlaococolilocatzin pipiltzitzinti centetl mamalhuaztli sahuanilla ome mantilla ce = y unos obsequios para mis hijos: un pectoral, dos sabanillas y una mantilla (Coyoacán, 1624)
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