tlahtocati

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

tlatocati
tlàtòcāti (Carochi)
tlajtojcāti (Tetelcingo)

Etymology

tlahtoani "ruler" + -ti "be"

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɬahtohkaːti/
IPA^(key): /tɬahtohkɔtɪ/ (Tetelcingo)

Verb

tlahtocati

(intransitive) Rule; govern.
- 16C: Annals of Tecamachalco
  Nican micqui ynçe olintzin. incatca cempoualxiuhtica moeyca ỹntlahtocatic ynoticpac
  
  (At this point Ce Olintzin died, who had ruled Oztoticpac for 23 years.)
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 66v:
  nohuian motlàtòcātilia in Totēcuiyo Dios. En todas partes gouierna Nuestro Señor.
  (Our Lord God rules everywhere.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1976/77: Martín N. Méndez Huaxcuatitla, Āmatlapohualistli de Don Lázaro Cárdenas
  nicnequi nitlaānas desde cuac otlajtojcātic Carrānza.
  (I'd like to start from the administration of Carranza.)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Celestino Solís, Eustaqio, Luis Reyes García (1992) Anales de Tecamachalco, 1398–1590

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