zompantli

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === tzompantli === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tzompantli (“skull rack”), of debated composition. Perhaps from tzontli (“hair, head”) (compare tzontecomatl (“head, skull”)) + pantli (“flag, banner”), or simply (“row”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θomˈpantli/ [θõmˈpãn̪.t̪li] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /somˈpantli/ [sõmˈpãn̪.t̪li] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -antli Syllabification: zom‧pan‧tli === Noun === zompantli m (plural zompantlis) in some Mesoamerican civilizations, a wooden rack or palisade used for the public display of human skulls === See also === Tzompantli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Further reading === “zompantli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025