tlacatl
Central Nahuatl edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Tlaxcala): tlakatl
Etymology edit
From Classical Nahuatl tlacatl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tlacatl (inanimate)
References edit
- Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla.
Classical Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tlācatl anim (plural tlācah)
- (he or she is) a person, a human being
- (he or she is) a slave (when possessed, cf. notlācauh (“he is my slave”)).
Usage notes edit
The root of tlacatl serves as the suppletive root for the possessed forms of tlacohtli (“slave”).
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 256–257
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 253
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 235–236
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta. Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tlācatl.
Noun edit
tlacatl (plural tlacameh)
- man.
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta.
Noun edit
tlacatl
References edit
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 23