tlacamictiani

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

tlācatl "person" + mictiā "kill" + -ni (habitual suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬaːkamiktiaːni/

Noun

tlācamictiāni

1. Murderer; killer.
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della:

     tlācamictiāni, el que mata à personas.
     (Tlācamictiāni is one who kills people.)

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References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pages 174–175
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 252