mazamamachtia
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From mazātl (“deer, horse”) + mamachtia (“to test”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /masaːmaˈmat͡ʃtia/
Noun
mazāmamachtia
- to tame a colt
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50r. col. 2.
- Maçamamachtia. ni. domar potros. preterit. oni maçamamachti.
- (Maçamamachtia. to tame colts.)
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 50r. col. 2.
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