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miztli
miztli
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mistɬi/
Noun
miztli (plural mīmiztin)
- Puma/cougar/mountain lion (Puma concolor).
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r.
- Leon animal. miztli.
- c1609: 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.)
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r.
Derived terms
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References
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 237
- 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
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, pages 149–150