piltzintli

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

pilhtzintli

Etymology

From pilli (“child”) +‎ -tzin.

Pronunciation

Karttunen (1983) and Andrews (2003) write -tzin-; Lockhart (2001) writes -tzīn-.

IPA^(key): /piɬˈt͡sint͡ɬi/

Noun

piltzintli (animate, plural pīpiltzitzintin)

diminutive of pilli; a child or youth.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
  pilhtzintli, hijo, nimopilhtzin, yo soy tu hijo.
  pilhtzintli, a son, nimopilhtzin, I am your son.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 1:
  Piltzintli. niño, o ñiña.
  Piltzintli. a boy or girl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 2:
  Pipiltotonti. muchachos. / Pipiltzitzinti. idem. o niños.
  Pipiltotonti. youths. / Pipiltzitzinti. the same, or children.

References

Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 246.
Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 196.
Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 230.

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl piltzintli (“child”).

Noun

piltzintli

child

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