petlazolcoatl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- petlaçolcoatl, petlaçolcohuatl (obsolete spellings)
Etymology
From petlazolli (“old mat”) + cōātl (“snake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pe.t͡ɬa.soɬˈkoː.aːt͡ɬ]
Noun
petlazolcōātl (animate)
- Centipede.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 64r:
- Cciento [sic] pies guſano. petlaçolcoatl.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 25r
- ca mochi quinotza yn petlaçolcohuatl. yn tocatl.
(She summoned all [manner of] centipedes and spiders.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 78–79