cacatzac

cacatzac

See also: Cacatzac

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• Cacatzac

Noun

cacatzac

1. black (colour)
2. a black person; an African
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 180r.

     Negro de guinea. tlilctic. [sic] cacatzac.

   • 1634, Bartolomé de Alva, Confessionario mayor y menor en lengua mexicana, f. 16v.

     Auh in manel Cacatzactin, Chinotin noço Iapontin, mochintin amoca huetzca amoca paqui ic amechtlatzohuilia

     (And even the Blacks, the Chinese or the Japanese all laugh at you and enjoy your misfortunes with which you are ensnared)

Synonyms

• tliltic