tlacamazatl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlacamaçatl

Etymology

tlācatl "person" + mazātl "deer; wild beast; horse"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬaːkamasaːtɬ/

Noun

tlācamazātl

1. A rabid person.
2. A centaur (in descriptions of the sign of Sagittarius).
   • 17C: Chimalpahin, British and Foreign Bible Society MS 374, vol. 3, fol. 64r.

     de sagitario. ypan quicuepa centauro tlacamaçatl—

   • 17C: Fonds Mexicain 381

     De nobiebre. Sangitarius tlacamaçatl

References

• Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico: the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected and recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 2, pp. 128–129
• Gates, William (ed.) (1935) A Planetary Calendar en Lengua Náhuatl del año 1639, Baltimore: The Maya Society
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 252