nacaztli

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Texcoco): nakastli
• (Tlaxcala): nakastl

Noun

nacaztli

1. ear.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *nanka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈkas.t͡ɬi]

Noun

nacaztli

1. ear
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 185r:

     Oreja. nacaztli.tonacaz.
     (Ear. nacaztli.tonacaz.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 62v. col. 1:

     Nacaztli. oreja.
     (Nacaztli. ear.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• cacnacaztli
• calnacaztli
• nacaceh
• nacaztilāna (verb)

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press