"mazatl" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

See mazatl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈma.saːt͡ɬ] Forms: mazātl [animate, canonical], mamazah [plural], mazameh [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Nahuan *masaatl. Etymology templates: {{inh|nci|azc-nah-pro|*masaatl}} Proto-Nahuan *masaatl Head templates: {{head|nci|noun|plural|mamazah|or|mazameh|g=an|head=mazātl}} mazātl anim (plural mamazah or mazameh)
  1. deer
    Sense id: en-mazatl-nci-noun-rPW~2Ybe
  2. (in compounds) beast, wild animal Tags: in-compounds Synonyms (beast, wild animal): tecuani
    Sense id: en-mazatl-nci-noun-qx7-yTC7 Disambiguation of 'beast, wild animal': 0 99 0 1
  3. (in compounds) horse Tags: in-compounds Synonyms (horse): cahualloh
    Sense id: en-mazatl-nci-noun-~WKGK23C Disambiguation of 'horse': 0 0 100 0
  4. The seventh day sign of the Aztec tonalpohualli, a deer's head. Categories (topical): Mesoamerican day signs Categories (lifeform): Cervids, Even-toed ungulates, Mammals
    Sense id: en-mazatl-nci-noun-bZH2-6j8 Disambiguation of Mesoamerican day signs: 2 10 2 85 Disambiguation of Cervids: 17 18 17 49 Disambiguation of Even-toed ungulates: 17 18 17 48 Disambiguation of Mammals: 24 16 24 35 Categories (other): Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header, Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header: 23 1 5 1 71 Disambiguation of Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography: 20 1 5 1 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maçatl (english: obsolete spelling)
Derived forms: mazaatemitl, mazacihui, mazacalli, mazacoatl, mazaconetl, mazaehuatl, mazamamachtia, mazaquechtli, mazaquetolcocoliztli, mazamatlatl, mazamecatl, mazamolli, mazanacatl, tlacamazanacatl, Mazahuahcan, Mazapil, Mazatenanco, Mazatepec, Mazatlah, Mazatlan

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazaatemitl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazacihui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazacalli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazacoatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazaconetl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazaehuatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazamamachtia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazaquechtli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazaquetolcocoliztli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazamatlatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazamecatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazamolli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mazanacatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tlacamazanacatl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mazahuahcan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mazapil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mazatenanco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mazatepec"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mazatlah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mazatlan"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nch",
            "2": "masatl"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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        }
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      "text": "Central Nahuatl: mazatl, masatl"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "masatl"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhw",
            "2": "masatl"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Western Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhg",
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          },
          "expansion": "Tetelcingo Nahuatl: masötl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tetelcingo Nahuatl: masötl"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ppl",
            "2": "masat"
          },
          "expansion": "Pipil: masat",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pipil: masat"
    }
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        "2": "azc-nah-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Nahuan *masaatl.",
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    {
      "form": "mazātl",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mamazah",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mazameh",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "mamazah",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "mazameh",
        "g": "an",
        "head": "mazātl"
      },
      "expansion": "mazātl anim (plural mamazah or mazameh)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A deer. maçatl.",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 64r:",
          "text": "Cieruo. maçatl.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "A deer. maçatl.",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 35r. col. 1:",
          "text": "Cieruo. maçatl.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "Idem, f. 50r. col. 2.\nMaçatl. venado.\nMaçatl. a deer."
        },
        {
          "text": "Idem, f. 51v. col. 2.\nMamaça. animalias, venados. &c.\nMamaça. wild animals, deer, etc."
        }
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "deer",
          "deer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Maçaeuatl. the hide of an animal. [from mazātl (“beast, wild animal”) + ēhuatl (“skin, hide”).]",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50r. col. 1:",
          "text": "Maçaeuatl. piel de animal.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "beast, wild animal"
      ],
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          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 99 0 1",
          "sense": "beast, wild animal",
          "word": "tecuani"
        }
      ],
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        "in-compounds"
      ]
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Maçacalli. stables. [from mazātl (“horse”) + calli (“house”)]",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50r. col. 1:",
          "text": "Maçacalli. caualleriza.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "horse"
      ],
      "id": "en-mazatl-nci-noun-~WKGK23C",
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) horse"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "horse",
          "word": "cahualloh"
        }
      ],
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        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "23 1 5 1 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 1 5 1 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 18 17 49",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Cervids",
          "orig": "nci:Cervids",
          "parents": [
            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 18 17 48",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Even-toed ungulates",
          "orig": "nci:Even-toed ungulates",
          "parents": [
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "24 16 24 35",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Mammals",
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          "parents": [
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 2 85",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Mesoamerican day signs",
          "orig": "nci:Mesoamerican day signs",
          "parents": [
            "Calendar",
            "Symbols",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Time",
            "Orthography",
            "All topics",
            "Writing",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12r.\nma tlactl.maça / tli. [sic] qúe qujere / dezir. diez çier / uos. obeſtias.\nma tlactl. maçatli. [sic] which means “ten deer” or “ten beasts”."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The seventh day sign of the Aztec tonalpohualli, a deer's head."
      ],
      "id": "en-mazatl-nci-noun-bZH2-6j8",
      "links": [
        [
          "day sign",
          "day sign"
        ],
        [
          "Aztec",
          "Aztec"
        ],
        [
          "tonalpohualli",
          "tonalpohualli#Classical_Nahuatl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈma.saːt͡ɬ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "obsolete spelling",
      "word": "maçatl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mazatl"
}
{
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    "Classical Nahuatl animate nouns",
    "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
    "Classical Nahuatl lemmas",
    "Classical Nahuatl nouns",
    "Classical Nahuatl terms derived from Proto-Nahuan",
    "Classical Nahuatl terms inherited from Proto-Nahuan",
    "Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nci:Cervids",
    "nci:Even-toed ungulates",
    "nci:Mammals",
    "nci:Mesoamerican day signs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "mazaatemitl"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazacihui"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazacalli"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazacoatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazaconetl"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazaehuatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazamamachtia"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazaquechtli"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazaquetolcocoliztli"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazamatlatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazamecatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazamolli"
    },
    {
      "word": "mazanacatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "tlacamazanacatl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mazahuahcan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mazapil"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mazatenanco"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mazatepec"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mazatlah"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mazatlan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nch",
            "2": "masatl"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Nahuatl: mazatl, masatl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "nhe",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhw",
            "2": "masatl"
          },
          "expansion": "Western Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Western Huasteca Nahuatl: masatl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhg",
            "2": "masötl"
          },
          "expansion": "Tetelcingo Nahuatl: masötl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tetelcingo Nahuatl: masötl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ppl",
            "2": "masat"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pipil: masat"
    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-Nahuan *masaatl",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Nahuan *masaatl.",
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    {
      "form": "mazātl",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mamazah",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mazameh",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "nci",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "mamazah",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "mazameh",
        "g": "an",
        "head": "mazātl"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "A deer. maçatl.",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 64r:",
          "text": "Cieruo. maçatl.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "A deer. maçatl.",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 35r. col. 1:",
          "text": "Cieruo. maçatl.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "Idem, f. 50r. col. 2.\nMaçatl. venado.\nMaçatl. a deer."
        },
        {
          "text": "Idem, f. 51v. col. 2.\nMamaça. animalias, venados. &c.\nMamaça. wild animals, deer, etc."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deer"
      ],
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        [
          "deer",
          "deer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Maçaeuatl. the hide of an animal. [from mazātl (“beast, wild animal”) + ēhuatl (“skin, hide”).]",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50r. col. 1:",
          "text": "Maçaeuatl. piel de animal.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beast, wild animal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) beast, wild animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Maçacalli. stables. [from mazātl (“horse”) + calli (“house”)]",
          "ref": "1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50r. col. 1:",
          "text": "Maçacalli. caualleriza.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "horse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ]
      ],
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        "(in compounds) horse"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 12r.\nma tlactl.maça / tli. [sic] qúe qujere / dezir. diez çier / uos. obeſtias.\nma tlactl. maçatli. [sic] which means “ten deer” or “ten beasts”."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The seventh day sign of the Aztec tonalpohualli, a deer's head."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "day sign",
          "day sign"
        ],
        [
          "Aztec",
          "Aztec"
        ],
        [
          "tonalpohualli",
          "tonalpohualli#Classical_Nahuatl"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈma.saːt͡ɬ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "beast, wild animal",
      "word": "tecuani"
    },
    {
      "sense": "horse",
      "word": "cahualloh"
    },
    {
      "english": "obsolete spelling",
      "word": "maçatl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mazatl"
}

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