"miztli" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

See miztli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mist͡ɬi/ Forms: mimiztin [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *musa (“wildcat”) (compare Hopi moosa). Etymology templates: {{inh|nci|azc-pro|*musa||wildcat}} Proto-Uto-Aztecan *musa (“wildcat”), {{cog|hop|moosa}} Hopi moosa Head templates: {{head|nci|noun|plural|mimiztin|head=miztli}} miztli (plural mimiztin)
  1. Puma/cougar/mountain lion (Puma concolor). Categories (lifeform): Felids Derived forms: cihuamiztli, mizconetl, miztepiton, mizton, miztontli

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nch",
            "2": "mistli"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: mistli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: mistli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhn",
            "2": "miztli"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Nahuatl: miztli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Nahuatl: miztli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhe",
            "2": "mistli"
          },
          "expansion": "Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: mistli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: mistli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhm",
            "2": "mistle"
          },
          "expansion": "Morelos Nahuatl: mistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Morelos Nahuatl: mistle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ncj",
            "2": "mistli"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Puebla Nahuatl: mistli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Puebla Nahuatl: mistli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhv",
            "2": "mistli"
          },
          "expansion": "Temascaltepec Nahuatl: mistli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Temascaltepec Nahuatl: mistli"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "azc-pro",
        "3": "*musa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wildcat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uto-Aztecan *musa (“wildcat”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hop",
        "2": "moosa"
      },
      "expansion": "Hopi moosa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *musa (“wildcat”) (compare Hopi moosa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mimiztin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "mimiztin",
        "head": "miztli"
      },
      "expansion": "miztli (plural mimiztin)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Felids",
          "orig": "nci:Felids",
          "parents": [
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "cihuamiztli"
        },
        {
          "word": "mizconetl"
        },
        {
          "word": "miztepiton"
        },
        {
          "word": "mizton"
        },
        {
          "word": "miztontli"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r:",
          "text": "Leon animal. miztli.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r camo çan quexquich yn ompa onoque yn ompa tlapia yn tequanime yn cuecuetlachtin. yn ocelome. yn mimiztin yn cocohua (Countless fierce animals were there; bears, jaguars, mountain lions, snakes were on guard.)",
          "text": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Puma/cougar/mountain lion (Puma concolor)."
      ],
      "id": "en-miztli-nci-noun-7LOM3vSj",
      "links": [
        [
          "Puma",
          "puma"
        ],
        [
          "cougar",
          "cougar"
        ],
        [
          "mountain lion",
          "mountain lion"
        ],
        [
          "Puma concolor",
          "Puma concolor#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mist͡ɬi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miztli"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cihuamiztli"
    },
    {
      "word": "mizconetl"
    },
    {
      "word": "miztepiton"
    },
    {
      "word": "mizton"
    },
    {
      "word": "miztontli"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nch",
            "2": "mistli"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: mistli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Huasteca Nahuatl: mistli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhn",
            "2": "miztli"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Nahuatl: miztli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Nahuatl: miztli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhe",
            "2": "mistli"
          },
          "expansion": "Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: mistli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: mistli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhm",
            "2": "mistle"
          },
          "expansion": "Morelos Nahuatl: mistle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Morelos Nahuatl: mistle"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ncj",
            "2": "mistli"
          },
          "expansion": "Northern Puebla Nahuatl: mistli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Northern Puebla Nahuatl: mistli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nhv",
            "2": "mistli"
          },
          "expansion": "Temascaltepec Nahuatl: mistli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Temascaltepec Nahuatl: mistli"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "azc-pro",
        "3": "*musa",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wildcat"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Uto-Aztecan *musa (“wildcat”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hop",
        "2": "moosa"
      },
      "expansion": "Hopi moosa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *musa (“wildcat”) (compare Hopi moosa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mimiztin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "mimiztin",
        "head": "miztli"
      },
      "expansion": "miztli (plural mimiztin)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
        "Classical Nahuatl lemmas",
        "Classical Nahuatl nouns",
        "Classical Nahuatl terms derived from Proto-Uto-Aztecan",
        "Classical Nahuatl terms inherited from Proto-Uto-Aztecan",
        "Classical Nahuatl terms using regularized orthography",
        "Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations",
        "Classical Nahuatl terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Classical Nahuatl quotations",
        "nci:Felids"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r:",
          "text": "Leon animal. miztli.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 22r camo çan quexquich yn ompa onoque yn ompa tlapia yn tequanime yn cuecuetlachtin. yn ocelome. yn mimiztin yn cocohua (Countless fierce animals were there; bears, jaguars, mountain lions, snakes were on guard.)",
          "text": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Puma/cougar/mountain lion (Puma concolor)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Puma",
          "puma"
        ],
        [
          "cougar",
          "cougar"
        ],
        [
          "mountain lion",
          "mountain lion"
        ],
        [
          "Puma concolor",
          "Puma concolor#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mist͡ɬi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miztli"
}

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