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.
- c1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 25r
  ca mochi quinotza yn petlaçolcohuatl. yn tocatl.
  
  (She summoned all [manner of] centipedes and spiders.)

References

Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 78–79

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