Classical Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

Related to mecāniā (to hang).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mecatl

  1. cord, rope
  2. whip
  3. (possessed) concubine
  4. (inalienable possession) lineage

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: mecate

References edit

  • Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 142
  • Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mecatl

Noun edit

mecatl

  1. rope, cord.

Derived terms edit

Tetelcingo Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

Cf. Classical Nahuatl mecatl (cord; concubine).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mecatl (plural mecame, possessed imeca)

  1. cord
  2. (possessed) male lover besides one's husband

Coordinate terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 63, 81, 131, 141