tlamatini

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

tla- (“things”) +‎ mati (“to know”) +‎ -ni (“habitual suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬamatini/

Noun

tlamatini

1. A wise person.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Letrado. tlamatini.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 235.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 281.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 237.