tlazohtla

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Central Nahuatl

Verb

tlazohtla

  1. (transitive) to love

Classical Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

Verb

tlazohtla

  1. (transitive) To love; cherish; treat well.
    • 17C: Crónica mexicayotl
      auh yehuatl nicmacahua y nochpochtzin yn itoca Xiuhtomiyauhtzin nicmaca yn tlahcateotl ma contlaçotla xicmohuiquillitihuia
      (And I grant him my daughter named Xiuhtomiyauhtzin; I give her to Tlacateotl. Let him love her. Take her.)

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References

  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 268
  • Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 126–127
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 306
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 236