-yotl

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Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Suffix

-yotl

(added to nouns) -ness, -ity, -hood, -ship, -ism, -ry; forms abstract nouns.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Suffix

-yōtl

(added to nouns) -ness, -ity, -hood, -ship, -ism, -ry; forms abstract nouns.
tahtli (“father”) → tahyōtl (“paternity, fatherhood”)

tepitōn (“something small”) → tepitōnyōtl (“smallness”)

tōltēcatl (“artisan”) → tōltēcayōtl (“artisanry”)
(added to nouns) forms concrete nouns with senses extended from the original.
ācatl (“cane”)→ ācayōtl (“piping”)

iztatl (“salt”) → iztayōtl (“brine”)

yāōtl (“enemy”) → yāōyōtl (“war, warfare”)

Usage notes

This particle undergoes progressive assimilation (where a consonantal sound assimilates into the one that precedes it) in certain situations:

After ch it becomes -chōtl
oquichtli (“man, husband”) → noquichcho (“my semen”)
After l it becomes -lōtl
nāhualli (“sorcerer”) → nāhuallōtl (“sorcery”)
After z it becomes -zōtl
āpīztli (“glutton”) → āpīzzōtl (“gluttony, greed”)

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -yotl

References

James Lockhart (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford University Press, page 242

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