ocelopetlatl

== Classical Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === ocelupetlatl === Etymology === ōcēlōtl "jaguar" + petlatl "mat" === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oːseːloːpetɬatɬ/ === Noun === ōcēlōpetlatl Jaguar-skin mat. 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, "Florentine Codex", book 1 vel qujciiavj vel qujhiiouja, ynic qujtemoa [...] in tequaneoatl, yn ocelupetlatl. (Greatly were they wearied, much did they suffer to seek out ... the skins of fierce animals, rugs of ocelot skins) === References === Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 42