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ocelotl

See also: oçelotl

Central Nahuatl edit

 
Ocelotl, “jaguar”.

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Nahuatl ocelotl.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ocelotl anim (plural ocelomeh)

  1. (Cholula and Milpa Alta): jaguar.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from ocelotl

Cholula and Milpa Alta

References edit

  • Medina, Genaro (1999); online Curso de Náhuatl, Universidad de las Américas; San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
  • Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor (2002); Lecciones de Náhuatl, Editorial Hirata; Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Aguilar Carrera, Sergio (2012); Método práctico de lengua náhuatl del Altiplano Mexicano; Dirección de Casa de Cultura de Tecámac, State of Mexico, Mexico. ISBN 03-2012-030812540200-01.
  • w:Panthera onca

Classical Nahuatl edit

 
The glyph corresponding to the day nahui ocelotl (“four jaguar”), as depicted in the codex Magliabechiano.

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare Pipil uselut.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /o(ː)ˈseː.loːt͡ɬ/, [o(ː)ˈséː.loːt͡ɬ]

Noun edit

ocelotl anim (plural ooceloh or ocelomeh)

  1. (it is) a jaguar (Panthera onca).
    • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 75r. col. 2:
      Ocelotl. tigre. […] / Ocelome. tigres.
      Ocelotl. a jaguar. […] / Ocelome. jaguars.
    • ibid., f. 77v. col. 1.
      Oocelo. tigres.
      Oocelo. jaguars.
    • c. 1600, anonymous author, Anónimo Mexicano, f. 7r:
      oquitlalílique miec ytlahuitol, ce cuauhtlí tlacuicuítl, ce ozelotl ycxitlan
      They buried him with very many of his things: his bow, an eagle carved of wood, a jaguar at his feet
    • ibid., f. 11r.
      onca:ncamaía, tepe Zolime, totochtin, cuahtotolim, Mazame, oze lome, cuamíztin, tecuanímê
      There were partridges, rabbits, fowl, deer, jaguars, mountain lions, and savage beasts
    • c. 1609, Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r
      camo çan quexquich yn ompa onoque yn ompa tlapia yn tequanime yn cuecuetlachtin. yn ocelome. yn mimiztin yn cocohua
      Countless fierce animals were there; bears, jaguars, mountain lions, snakes were on guard.
    • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 4v:
      ocēlōtl, tigre. Pl. ōocēlō. [...] ocēlōmê tigres.
      ocēlōtl, a jaguar. Pl. ōocēlō. [...] ocēlōmê jaguar.
  2. (it is) the fourteenth of the twenty day signs of the tonalpohualli; a jaguar or disembodied jaguar's head.
    • 16th c., Codex Magliabechiano, f. 13r.
      naVi oçelotl. q qujere dezir quatro tigres.
      navi oçelotl. that is to say, four tigers.

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Terms derived from ocelotl
Proper nouns derived from ocelotl

Descendants edit

  • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: oselotl
  • Central Nahuatl: ocelotl
  • Central Puebla Nahuatl: ocelotl
  • Pipil: uselut
  • → Spanish: ocelote
  • → French: ocelot

References edit

  • Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 75r, 77v
  • Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 30–31
  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 70–71
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