ocelotl

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See also: ocēlōtl, ōcēlōtl, and oçelotl

Central Nahuatl

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ocēlōtl

Pronunciation

Noun

ocelotl

  1. jaguar

Classical Nahuatl

The glyph corresponding to the day nāhui ocēlōtl (“four jaguar”), as depicted in the codex Magliabechiano.

Alternative forms

  • oçelotl (obsolete spelling)
  • ōcēlōtl (long initial vowel)

Etymology

Compare Pipil uselut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o(ː)ˈseː.loːt͡ɬ/, [o(ː)ˈséː.loːt͡ɬ]

Noun

ocēlōtl (animate, plural ōocēloh or ocēlōmeh)

  1. (it is) a jaguar
    • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 75r. col. 2.
      Ocelotl. tigre. […] / Ocelome. tigres.
      Ocelotl. a jaguar. […] / Ocelome. jaguars.
    • ibid., f. 77v. col. 1.
      Oocelo. tigres.
      Oocelo. jaguars.
    • c. 1600, Anonymous, 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
    • c. 1609, 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, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 4v.
      ocēlōtl, tigre. Pl. ōocēlō. [...] ocēlōmê tigres.
      ocēlōtl, a jaguar. Pl. ōocēlō. [...] ocēlōmê jaguar.
  2. (it is) the fourteenth of the twenty day signs of the tōnalpōhualli; a jaguar or disembodied jaguar's head.
    • 16th c., Codex Magliabechiano, f. 13r.
      naVi oçelotl. q qujere dezir quatro tigres.
      navi oçelotl. that is to say, four tigers.

Derived terms

Terms derived from ocēlōtl

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Descendants

  • Central Puebla Nahuatl: ocelotl
  • → Spanish: ocelote
  • → French: ocelot

References

  • Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 75r, 77v
  • Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), ed. and trans. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 30–31
  • 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
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