tlacatiliztli

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tlācatiliztli

Etymology

tlācati "be born" + -liztli

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɬaːkatilistɬi/

Noun

tlācatiliztli

Birth.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v:
  Nacimiento de coſas animadas. tlacatiliztli.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 97r:
  oc yuhmōztla ītlācatiliztzin in Totēcuiyo in ōhuāllà in motitlantzin, vn dia antes de Nauidad vino tu mensajero.
  (Your messenger came a day before the birth of our Lord [i.e. Christmas].)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, With an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 358–359
Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 253

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