tlacati
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology
edittlācatl "person" + -ti "become"
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittlācati
- (intransitive) To be born.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- Nopilhtze, nocuzque, noquetzale, otiyol, otitlacat, otimotlalhticpacquixtico;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
Usage notes
editAlthough derived from "person", this verb is not limited to human beings.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 256–257.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 253.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 235.