tzinti

See also: tzīnti

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tzīnti
• tzi̱nti

Etymology

tzintli (“buttocks; base”) +‎ -ti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsiːnti/

Verb

tzinti

1. (intransitive) To begin.
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 84v:

     In ayamo pēhua, in ayamo tzīnti izcemanāhuatl, in tlālticpactli, yeppa moyetzticà in Totēcuiyo Dios; antes que el mundo empeçasse ya era Dios Nuestro Señor
     (Before the world began there was already God our Lord)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• pehua

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 263
• Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 314–315
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 314
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1], 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 197, 223, 231, 255