mazanacatl
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Noun[edit]
mazanacatl
- deer meat.
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- maçanacatl (obsolete or historical spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From mazātl (“white-tailed deer”) + nacatl (“meat”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mazānacatl inan (plural mazānacatl)
- (it is) the meat of a white-tailed deer.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50r. col. 2:
- Maçanacatl. carne de venado.
- Maçanacatl. deer meat.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt. II (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 50 r.