tlahtlacolli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlatlacolli

Etymology

From tlahtlacōa (“to do wrong”) +‎ -lli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬaʔtɬakoːlli/

Noun

tlahtlacōlli

1. Fault; mistake.

   Ahmō notlahtlacōl.

   (It's not my fault.)

2. Sin.
   • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     caotiualla, tinechnextilico ĩmotlatlacol:
     (You have come here, you have come to confide your sins to me.)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 227.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 263.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 238.