cihuamiztli
(Redirected from ciuamiztli)
Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
cihuamiztli
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cihuātl (“female”) + miztli (“puma”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cihuāmiztli (animate)
- A female puma; mountain lion.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r:
- Leona hembra. ciuamiztli.
A female lioness. ciuamiztli.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22v. col. 1:
- Ciuamiztli. leona.
(Ciuamiztli. a lioness.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 22