tlazohtli
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- tlaçotli (obsolete spelling).
Etymology
editFrom tlazohtla (“to love; cherish (someone or something”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittlazohtli inan (plural tlazohtli)
- (it is) something precious; costly, valuable.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 2, f. 119r. col. 2:
- Tlaçotli. coſa precioſa, o cara.
- Tlaçotli. something precious, or costly.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Pt 1, f. 98r. col. 1:
- Precioſo y coſtoſo. patiyo.tlaçotli. tlaçocapatiyo.
Precious and costly. patiyo.tlaçotli. tlaçocapatiyo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)