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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Preterite agentive of nāhuatlahtoa (“to interpret”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nāhuatlahtoh anim (plural nāhuatlahtohqueh)
- An interpreter.
1555, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 151v:
- 17C: Chimalpahin, Crónica mexicayotl, f. 60r.
- ce español ytoca Juan grande nahuatlahto audiencia real
- (A Spaniard named Juan Grande, an interpreter in the Audiencia Real)
References
- Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 166–167