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Words for big cat/feline. Include words for puma, jaguar and ocelot - and they are cognate to words for bear.

o:se-lo:tl 'jaguar, puma' (Nah.) < *ho:se-rawe-tɨ (PCN)
huusee 'bear' (Cr. & Hch) < *ho:se (PCC, PSUA)
ousei 'jaguar' (Yq.)