-tzintli

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-tzintli

  1. suffisso onorifico (spesso privo del suffisso assolutivo -tli):
    Atl ("acqua") → atzintli ("acqua sacra").
  2. suffisso del diminutivo (frequentemente ampliato con -tli):
    Pilli ("figlio") → piltzintli ("figliolo").
    Tototl ("uccello") → tototzintli ("uccellino").
    Ichcatl ("pecora") → ichcatzintli ("pecorella").
Categoria Parole in nahuatl classico con il suffisso -tzintli non trovata
  • Frances E. Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, 1983, p. 314