tlacati
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
tlācatl "person" + -ti "become"
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tlācati
- (intransitive) To be born.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- Nopilhtze, nocuzque, noquetzale, otiyol, otitlacat, otimotlalhticpacquixtico;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
Usage notes edit
Although derived from "person", this verb is not limited to human beings.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 256–257.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 253.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 235.