tlacamayeh
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Central Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Tlaxcala): tlakamajye
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tlacamayeh (animate)
- bear (mammal)
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Equivalent to tlacatl (“person”) + maitl (“hand”) + -eh (“having”)
Adjective[edit]
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.
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Central Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl nouns
- nhn:Ursids
- Classical Nahuatl compound terms
- Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -eh
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl adjectives
- Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations
- Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography