tlacatl
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Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- (Tlaxcala): tlakatl
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl tlacatl.
Pronunciation
Noun
tlacatl (inanimate)
References
- Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla.
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
The root of tlacatl serves as the suppletive root for the possessed forms of tlacohtli (“slave”).
Derived terms
References
- 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
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta. Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tlācatl.
Noun
tlacatl (plural tlacameh)
- man.
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta.
Noun
tlacatl
References
- 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
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- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl terms inherited from Proto-Nahuan
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- Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl terms derived from Proto-Uto-Aztecan
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- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl terms inherited from Proto-Nahuan
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl terms derived from Proto-Nahuan
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl terms inherited from Proto-Uto-Aztecan
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl terms derived from Proto-Uto-Aztecan
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl lemmas
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl nouns