oxinamacac
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- oxinamacaque (plural)
Etymology edit
oxitl "turpentine" + namaca "sell" + -c
Noun edit
oxinamacac (plural oxinamacaqueh)
- A seller of turpentine.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1
- Auh yn jquac ilhujquixtiloia yn oxinamacaque, motlacacoujaia, tlacamjctiaia
- (And when the feast day was celebrated, they who sold the turpentine unguent bought slaves and slew them.)
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1
References edit
- Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 1 - The Gods, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 17