petlazolli

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Classical Nahuatl

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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petlatl (mat) +‎ -zolli (old). Cognate with Tetelcingo Nahuatl petlasoli̱.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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petlazolli

  1. old, worn mat
  2. centipede
    • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 5, paragraph 7
      Auh injc mjtoa petlaçolli: ipampa in patlachtic, yoan cenca mijec in jma: qujtoa, centzontli: in juhquj petlatl, petlaçolli tẽxitinj, ca cenca mjec in qujqujztiuh, itenpapaçoliuhca: ipan ommota in jma
      (And it is called petlaçolli because it is wide and very many are its legs — 400, they say — like a straw mat, one whose edges are frayed; which has many of its rolled edges coming out. They are taken for its legs.)

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References

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  • Brewer, Forrest, Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 22, 173
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 192
  • Sahagún, Bernardino de (1963) Charles E. Dibble, Arthur J. O. Anderson, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 11 - Earthly Things, Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, pages 86–87