ocelopetlatl
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ōcēlōtl "jaguar" + petlatl "mat"
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ōcēlōpetlatl
- Jaguar-skin mat.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1
- vel qujciiavj vel qujhiiouja, ynic qujtemoa [...] in tequaneoatl, yn ocelupetlatl.
- (Greatly were they wearied, much did they suffer to seek out ... the skins of fierce animals, rugs of ocelot skins)
- 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, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 42