matemecatl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From māitl (“hand”) +‎ tetl (“stone”) + mecatl (“rope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːteˈmekat͡ɬ/

Noun

mātemecatl

1. bracelet, wristband
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 52v. col. 2:

     matemecatl. braçalete de oro, o coſa ſemejante.
     (matemecatl. a gold bracelet, or something similar.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• temecatl

References

• Justyna Olko (2005) Turquoise Diadems and Staffs of Office: Elite Costume and Insignia of Power in Aztec and Early Colonial Mexico, Polish Society for Latin American Studies and Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition, University of Warsaw, page 286