techan tlacah
Classical Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- techã tlaca (obsolete spelling)
Etymology edit
From tēchān (“someone's house”) + tlācah (“people”), literally “people of one's household”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tēchān tlācah (animate, plural only)
- (figurative) family; household
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 122r:
- Familia. cenyeliztli,cencalli.cencaltin.cemithualtin,techã tlaca.
- The family. cenyeliztli. cencalli. cencaltin. cemithualtin. techã tlaca.
References edit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa