tecuani

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Tlaxcala): tekuani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teːˈkʷáː.ni]

Noun

tecuani

1. A wild animal, beast.
2. A jaguar, lion, tiger, mountain lion.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tequani

Etymology

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl te̱cua̱ni (“dangerous animal; coyote”), Northern Puebla Nahuatl tecuani (“jaguar”), Tetelcingo Nahuatl tiecuöni̱ (“dangerous animal”). Literally te- cua -ni "one [who] eats people".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teːˈkʷáː.ni]

Noun

tēcuāni (animate, plural tēcuānimeh)

1. A wild or dangerous animal.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 32v:

     Beſtia fiera. tequani.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 1600, Anónimo Mexicano, f. 11r:

     onca:ncamaía, tepe Zolime, totochtin, cuahtotolim, Mazame, oze lome, cuamíztin, tecuanímê
     (There were partridges, rabbits, fowl, deer, jaguars, mountain lions, and savage beasts)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r

     camo çan quexquich yn ompa onoque yn ompa tlapia yn tequanime yn cuecuetlachtin. yn ocelome. yn mimiztin yn cocohua
     (Countless fierce animals were there; bears, jaguars, mountain lions, snakes were on guard.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. A cruel person.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, 58r:

     Cruel perſona. cocole.tlauele.& per metaphoram. tequani.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 217
• Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, transl. (2005), Anónimo Mexicano, Logan: Utah State University Press, page 29
• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 70–71
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 218
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Early Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 234

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tecuani

Noun

tecuani

1. lion.

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl tecuani (“dangeous animal”), Highland Puebla Nahuatl te̱cua̱ni (“dangerous animal; coyote”), Tetelcingo Nahuatl tiecuöni̱ (“dangerous animal”).

Noun

tecuani

1. Jaguar (Panthera onca).

References

• Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2000) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla‎^[1], segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2018, page 192