Pipil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The Uto-Aztecan language, descended from Nahuatl, spoken by an indigenous people of El Salvador.
  2. A group of people indigenous to western El Salvador.

Pronunciation

/pəˈpiːl/

Word forms

Pipil

Etymology

Presumably from Classical Nahuatl pīpiltin, plural of pilli (“noble; child”).

Related words

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