tlilli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɬiːlli/

Etymology

Acc. to Manaster Ramer (1996), from Proto-(Southern) Uto-Aztecan *tulV or *tuulV. Related to O'odham čuud- "charcoal" and probably Tarahumara turu-buča-me "mottled white and black".

Noun

tlīlli

1. Black ink.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana

     Tinta para eſcreuir. tlilli.

2. Soot.
3. Charcoal.

Derived terms

• tlilcoatl
• tlilli tlapalli
• tliltic

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 262.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 308.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 239.
• Manaster Ramer, Alexis. (1996) "On Whorf's Law and related questions of Aztecan phonology and etymology". International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 62, no. 2, p. 181.