Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calpulli

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: calpul-li
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Aztec organizational unit below the level of the altepetl or city-state.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl calpolli, from calli (“house”) + -polli (“big”).

Inflected Forms

calpullis (plural) calpolli (alternative)

Questions

What does calpulli mean?: An Aztec organizational unit below the level of the altepetl or city-state.
Where does calpulli come from?: Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl calpolli, from calli (“house”) + -polli (“big”).

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