tlahtlacoani

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

tlahtlacoā "to do wrong; to sin" + -ni (habitual suffix)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɬaʔtɬako(w)aːni/

Noun

tlahtlacoāni (plural tlahtlacoānimeh)

One who makes mistakes.
(Christianity) A sinner.
- 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breve en lengua mexicana y castellana:
  monequi vel tiquilnamiquiz ca titlatlacouani
  cõuiene q̃ te acuerdes que eres pecd̓or
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 14v-15r:
  Timochintin tlālticpac titlacà titlàtlacoānimê. Todos los hombres somo pecadores.
  (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, California: Stanford University Press, page 64
Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 263
Lockhart, James (201) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, page 238

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