cihuamiztli
Central Nahuatl
editNoun
editcihuamiztli
- (Amecameca and Milpa Alta): A female puma.
- (Cholula): A female cat.
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
editFrom cihuātl (“female”) + miztli (“puma”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcihuāmiztli (animate)
- A female puma; mountain lion.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r:
- Leona hembra. ciuamiztli.
A female lioness. ciuamiztli.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 1:
- Ciuamiztli. leona.
(Ciuamiztli. a lioness.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
edit- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 22