Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tequani

Noun

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.

   • c1600: "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)

   • 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.)

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.

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 217
• Anónimo Mexicano, ed. and trans. by Richley H. Crapo, Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Logan: Utah State University Press, 2005, page 29
• 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 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