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.

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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.

   • c1600: "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)

   • 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.)

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.

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 217
• Anónimo Mexicano, ed. and trans. by Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Logan: Utah State University Press, 2005, page 29
• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, 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

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tecuani

Noun

tecuani

1. lion.

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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