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mazamachtiani.
Headword:
mazamachtiani.
Principal English Translation:
horse-breaker (mostly colts) (see Molina); note the "deer" (mazatl) element in this terminology, which is a reminder of how Nahuas originally saw horses when they were reintroduced into this hemisphere by the invading Spaniards (SW)