tlacatilia

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

tlācati "be born" + -lia (applicative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬaːkatilia/

Verb

tlācatiliā

1. (transitive) To cause (someone) to be born.
   • 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, Rémi Siméon ed. (1875)

     Nopilhtze, nocuzque, noquetzale, otiyol, otitlacat, otimotlalhticpacquixtico; in ytlalhticpac in totecuyo omitzyocux, omitzpic, omitztlacatili in ypalhnemoani in Dios.

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References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 257
• Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 253