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ropilla.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
ropilla.
Principal English Translation: 

a short garment with sleeves, with parts that would hang down loose
(a loanword from Spanish) (see examples)

Orthographic Variants: 
robilia
Attestations from sources in English: 

ce capoti yuan ropilla yhuan ce calsonis paño [S. Francisco Analcotitlan (Jalisco?), 1652]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 8.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

mochitin mopepetlauhque ça yehuatl yn isotanilia yhuan yn irobilia yhuan mochi quahuitl quihuihuicaque = todos se desnudaron, quedaron sólo con su sotanilla y ropilla; todos llevaban palos (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
Juan Buenaventura Zapata y Mendoza, Historia cronológica de la Noble Ciudad de Tlaxcala, transcripción paleográfica, traducción, presentación y notas por Luis Reyes García y Andrea Martínez Baracs (Tlaxcala y México: Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, Secretaría de Extensión Universitaria y Difusión Cultural, y Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, 1995), 444–445.

themes: 
Textiles, Clothing