tecuani

• (Tlaxcala): tekuani

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tecuani

1. A wild animal, beast.
2. A jaguar, lion, tiger, mountain lion.

• tequani

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl te̱cua̱ni (“dangerous animal; coyote”), Northern Puebla Nahuatl tecuani (“jaguar”), Tetelcingo Nahuatl tiecuöni̱ (“dangerous animal”). Literally te- cua -ni "one eats people".

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tēcuāni (animate, plural tēcuānimeh)

1. A wild or dangerous animal.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 32v:

     Beſtia fiera. tequani.

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   • c. 1600, Anónimo Mexicano, f. 11r:

     onca:ncamaía, tepe Zolime, totochtin, cuahtotolim, Mazame, oze lome, cuamíztin, tecuanímê
     (There were partridges, rabbits, fowl, deer, jaguars, mountain lions, and savage beasts)

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   • 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.)

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2. A cruel person.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, 58r:

     Cruel perſona. cocole.tlauele.& per metaphoram. tequani.

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• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 217
• Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, transl. (2005), Anónimo Mexicano, Logan: Utah State University Press, page 29
• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 70–71
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 218
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Early Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 234

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tecuani

tecuani

1. lion.

Compare Classical Nahuatl tecuani (“dangeous animal”), Highland Puebla Nahuatl te̱cua̱ni (“dangerous animal; coyote”), Tetelcingo Nahuatl tiecuöni̱ (“dangerous animal”).

tecuani

1. Jaguar (Panthera onca).

• Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2000) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla‎, segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2018, page 192