ohtli

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Tlaxcala): ojtl

Noun

ohtli

1. path, way, road

References

• Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• otli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʔtɬi/

Noun

ohtli inan (plural otin)

1. path; road
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Camino tal, otli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1599, Ioan Baptista, Confesionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     ye omoquichnacayotitzinoco, ye oq̃moquentitzinoco intotlalnacayo, inictechmottitilitzinoz in ilhuicac ohtli innemohualoni, in nemaquixtiloni, in nenemiliztiloni.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 242.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 177.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 228.