tlahtocati

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlatocati
• tlàtòcāti (Carochi)
• tlajtojcāti (Tetelcingo)

Etymology

tlahtoani "ruler" + -ti "be"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬahtohkaːti/
• IPA^(key): /tɬahtohkɔtɪ/ (Tetelcingo)

Verb

tlahtocati

1. (intransitive) Rule; govern.
   • 16C: Annals of Tecamachalco

     Nican micqui ynçe olintzin. incatca cempoualxiuhtica moeyca ỹntlahtocatic yno[zto]ticpac

     (At this point Ce Olintzin died, who had ruled Oztoticpac for 23 years.)

   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 66v:

     nohuian motlàtòcātilia in Totēcuiyo Dios. En todas partes gouierna Nuestro Señor.
     (Our Lord God rules everywhere.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1976/77: Martín N. Méndez Huaxcuatitla, Āmatlapohualistli de Don Lázaro Cárdenas [1]

     nicnequi nitlaānas desde cuac otlajtojcātic Carrānza.
     (I'd like to start from the administration of Carranza.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Celestino Solís, Eustaqio, Luis Reyes García (1992) Anales de Tecamachalco, 1398–1590