mizton
Central Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Nahuatl mizton.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mizton
- cat (mammal)
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- mizto (obsolete spelling)
Etymology edit
Apocopic form of miztli (“mountain lion, puma”) + -tōn (diminutive suffix). Compare miztōntli (“puma cub”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mizton (animate)
- Diminutive of miztli; a house cat.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 129v:
- Gato. mizto.
- A cat. mizto.
Descendants edit
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa