oceloehuatl
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- oceloeuatl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology edit
From ocēlōtl (“jaguar”) + ēhuatl (“skin, hide”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ocēlōēhuatl (inanimate)
- the skin or hide of a jaguar
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 32v. col. 2:
- Cuero de tigre. oceloeuatl.
- The hide of a tiger. oceloeuatl. (There not being jaguars in Molina's native Spain, he refers to them as tigers. See citations at ocēlōtl.)
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 32