ocelotl

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[edit] Classical Nahuatl

The day sign ocelotl, from the Codex Magliabecchiano.
A jaguar, Felis onca.
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[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /oːseːloːtɬ/

[edit] Noun

ōcēlōtl (plural ōōcēloh or ōcēlōmeh)

  1. Jaguar, Felis onca.
    • c1600: "Anónimo Mexicano", f. 7r.
      oquitlalílique miec ytlahuitol, ce cuauhtlí tlacuicuítl, ce ozelotl ycxitlan
      (They buried him with very many of his things: his bow, an eagle carved of wood, a jaguar at his feet)
    • ibid, 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)
    • 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.)
    • 1645: w:Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 4v.
      ocēlōtl, tigre. Pl. ōocēlō. [...] ocēlōmê tigres.
  2. A day sign.

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[edit] References

  • 2003, Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, edition rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 242:
  • 2005, Anónimo Mexicano, ed. and trans. by Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Logan: Utah State University Press, page pp. 19–20, 29:
  • 2001, Carochi, Horacio, Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), ed. and trans. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page pp. 30–31:
  • 1997, Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón, Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page pp. 70–71:
  • 1983, Karttunen, Francis, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 176:
  • 2001, Lockhart, James, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page p. 228:
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