tlacatiliztli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlācatiliztli

Etymology

tlācati "be born" + -liztli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬaːkatilistɬi/

Noun

tlācatiliztli

1. Birth.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 178v:

     Nacimiento de coſas animadas. tlacatiliztli.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 97r:

     oc yuhmōztla ītlācatiliztzin in Totēcuiyo in ōhuāllà in motitlantzin, vn dia antes de Nauidad vino tu mensajero.
     (Your messenger came a day before the birth of our Lord [i.e. Christmas].)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, With an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 358–359
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 253