atentli
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ātl (“water”) + tēntli (“edge, brim”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ātēntli (inanimate)
- bank, edge or shore of any body of water
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 216r:
- Ribera de cualquier agua. atentli.anal.
(Bank of any (body of) water. atentli.anal)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (specifically) riverbank, seashore
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 7v. col. 2:
- Atentli. ribera de rio o de mar.
(Atentli. bank of a river or the sea.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
[edit]- (riverbank): ātōyātēntli
- (seashore): huey ātēntli, ilhuicaātēntli
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 13
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 7