oxinamacac

oxinamacac

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• oxinamacaque (plural)

Etymology

oxitl "turpentine" + namaca "sell" + -c

Noun

oxinamacac (plural oxinamacaqueh)

1. A seller of turpentine.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1

     Auh yn jquac ilhujquixtiloia yn oxinamacaque, motlacacoujaia, tlacamjctiaia

     (And when the feast day was celebrated, they who sold the turpentine unguent bought slaves and slew them.)

References

• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex, Book 1 - The Gods, trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 17