tlacamayeh
Central Nahuatl
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Alternative forms
- (Tlaxcala): tlakamajye
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɬaːkamaːjeʔ]
Noun
tlacamayeh (animate)
- bear (mammal)
References
- Hernández Hernández, Braulio (2010). In nahuatlahtol nin tonalco pipiltin Lengua náhuatl para los niños de hoy. Variante de Amecameca, Comisión Nacional del Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, Editorial GD Diseño, Ciudad de Toluca, Mexico State.
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- tlacamaie (obsolete)
Etymology
Equivalent to tlacatl (“person”) + maitl (“hand”) + -eh (“having”)
Adjective
tlacamayeh (plural tlacamayehqueh)
- (Of an animal) able to hold things with its forepaws, as a human does.
- 1500s, Florentine Codex, volume 3, page 10v:
- canelnoço tlacamaie; tlacaicxe, inquẽman moquetztiuh in nenemj.
- Because [the raccoon] can use its hands and feet like a human, sometimes it walks on two legs.
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See also
- tlacaixceh