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Central Nahuatl
Noun
tlilli
- Black ink.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
According to Manaster Ramer (1996), from Proto-(Southern) Uto-Aztecan *tulV or *tuulV. Related to O'odham čuud- "charcoal" and probably the first element of Tarahumara turu-buča-me "mottled white and black".
Pronunciation
Noun
tlīlli
- black ink
1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
- soot
- charcoal
Derived terms
References
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 262.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 308.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 239.
- Manaster Ramer, Alexis. (1996) "On Whorf's Law and related questions of Aztecan phonology and etymology". International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 62, no. 2, page 181.