petlazolcoatl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• petlaçolcoatl, petlaçolcohuatl (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From petlazolli (“old mat”) +‎ cōātl (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pe.t͡ɬa.soɬˈkoː.aːt͡ɬ]

Noun

petlazolcōātl (animate)

1. Centipede.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 64r.

     Cciento [sic] pies guſano. petlaçolcoatl.

   • c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 25r

     ca mochi quinotza yn petlaçolcohuatl. yn tocatl.

     (She summoned all [manner of] centipedes and spiders.)

References

• 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 78–79