tlacamayeh

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Tlaxcala): tlakamajye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɬaːkamaːjeʔ]

Noun

tlacamayeh (animate)

1. bear (mammal)

References

• Hernández Hernández, Braulio (2010). In nahuatlahtol nin tonalco pipiltin Lengua náhuatl para los niños de hoy. Variante de Amecameca, Comisión Nacional del Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, Editorial GD Diseño, Ciudad de Toluca, Mexico State.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlacamaie (obsolete)

Etymology

Equivalent to tlacatl (“person”) +‎ maitl (“hand”) +‎ -eh (“having”)

Adjective

tlacamayeh (plural tlacamayehqueh)

1. (Of an animal) able to hold things with its forepaws, as a human does.
   • 1500s, Florentine Codex, volume 3, page 10v:

     canelnoço tlacamaie; tlacaicxe, inquẽman moquetztiuh in nenemj.

     Because [the raccoon] can use its hands and feet like a human, sometimes it walks on two legs.

See also

• tlacaixceh