tlaoctacaantli
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From tla- (“thing”) + octacaāna (“to use as a model, copy”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tlaoctacaāntli (inanimate)
- standard, model
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 129v. col. 2:
- Tlaoctacaantli. coſa de que ſe ſaca otra, aſsi / como vna imagen dela qualſacan y pintan o- / tra, o alguna ygleſia, dela qual ſe toma la traça / para hazer otra como ella. &c.
- Tlaoctacaantli. something from which another is derived, such as an image from which another is made or painted, or a church that is traced to make another like it, etc.
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 129