-tl

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-tl (pl.: -tin, -meh, -h)

  1. suffisso assolutivo che ricorre con i nomi non posseduti. Possiede tre allomorfi:
    a) Quando il sostantivo termina in vocale, il suffisso ha forma -tl:
    Tlācatl — Uomo.
    Mēxihcatl — Abitante del Messico.
    Peyōtl — Peyote.
    b) Quando il sostantivo termina in consonante, diversa da l, il suffisso ha forma -tli:
    Āmoxtli — Libro, codice.
    Tēuctli — Signore, nobile.
    Piltzintli — Ragazzino.
    c) Quando il sostantivo termina in l, il suffisso ha forma -li:
    Calli — Casa.
    Pilli — Nobile, figlio.
    Tlahtōlli — Parola, discorso.
  • J. R. Andrews, Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, 2003, p. 109