oceloquichtli

== Classical Nahuatl == === Etymology === From ocēlōtl (“jaguar”) +‎ oquichtli (“warrior”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈseː.loː.kitʃtɬi/ === Noun === ocēlōquichtli (plural ocēlōquichtin) jaguar warrior, jaguar knight (member of the Aztec military elite) 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana, (4.6.1). ==== Usage notes ==== Some scholars, such as J. Lockhart, instead parse this word as moceloquichtli, with the first element being instead from mocel (“you alone”). The only attestations are in the vocative, leaving the correct lemma form in dispute. === References === Gran Diccionario Náhuatl