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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
tlācati "be born" + -lia (applicative suffix)
Pronunciation
Verb
tlācatiliā
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to be born.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, Rémi Siméon ed. (1875)
Nopilhtze, nocuzque, noquetzale, otiyol, otitlacat, otimotlalhticpacquixtico; in ytlalhticpac in totecuyo omitzyocux, omitzpic, omitztlacatili in ypalhnemoani in Dios.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 257
- Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 253