tlahtlacoa

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlatlacoua

Etymology

tla- "something; things" + ihtlacoā "damage; ruin"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬaʔtɬako.a/

Verb

tlahtlacoā

1. (intransitive) To do wrong; to make a mistake.
2. (intransitive, Christianity) To sin.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:

     Pecar. nitla,pilchiua. nitla,tlacoua.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1599, Ioan Baptista, Confessionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     IN TICHRISTIANO in otitlahtlaco in otitlapilchiuh, in ixtzinco icpactzinco otehuac inipalnemohuani Dios

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• tlahtlacoani
• tlahtlacolli

References

• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 263.