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mamaza intlacuayan.

Headword: 
mamaza intlacuayan.
Principal English Translation: 

a place where horses eat; stalls, a manger (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
mamaza yntlaquayan
Alonso de Molina: 

mamaza yntlaquayan. pesebre, o pesebrera.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 51v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

The word for deer (mazatl) may be an element here. And this would make sense given that Nahuas originally called horses "deer." (SW)

themes: 
Animals, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, Fish, etc.
See also: 
mazatl.