matemecatl
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From māitl (“hand”) + tetl (“stone”) + mecatl (“rope”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mātemecatl
- bracelet, wristband
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 52v. col. 2.
- matemecatl. braçalete de oro, o coſa ſemejante.
- (matemecatl. a gold bracelet, or something similar.)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 52v. col. 2.
Related terms
References
- Justyna Olko (2005) Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico, Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, page 286