mazanacatl
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Central Nahuatl
[edit]Noun
[edit]mazanacatl
- deer meat.
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- maçanacatl (obsolete or historical spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From mazātl (“white-tailed deer”) + nacatl (“meat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mazānacatl inan (plural mazānacatl)
- (it is) the meat of a white-tailed deer.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50r. col. 2:
- Maçanacatl. carne de venado.
- Maçanacatl. deer meat.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt. II (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 50 r.