tlacaxinachtli

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Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From tlācatl (“human”) +‎ xināchtli (“seed”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

tlācaxināchtin (inanimate, plural tlācaxināchtin)

sperm, semen
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 109r. col. 2:
  ſimiente de varon. tlacaxinachtli. tixpampa quiça. / vel. tixpampa vetzi.
  the seed of a man. tlacaxinachtli. tixpampa quiça. vel. tixpampa vetzi.
- Idem, f. 116r. col. 1.
  Tlacaxinachtli. ſimiente devaron o de muger.
  Tlacaxinachtli. the seed of a man or a woman.

Usage notes

Though inanimate, tlācaxināchtli can take on the plural form tlācaxināchtin with a semantic shift to “first human lineage, first human procreators”.

Derived terms

tlācaxināchchōtl

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 109

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