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Central Nahuatl
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl piltontli.
Noun
piltontli
- boy
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From pilli (“child, son”) + -tōn.
Pronunciation
Noun
piltōntli (animate, plural pīpiltotōntin)
- diminutive of pilli; a child; a young boy or girl.
- Idem, f. 82r. col. 2.
- Pipiltotonti. muchachos.
- Pipiltotonti. young men.
- diminutive of pilli; a nursling.
Synonyms
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 196