tlazohtla

Central Nahuatl

Verb

tlazohtla

1. (transitive) to love

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlazòtla
• tlaçotla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬa.ˈsoʔ.tɬa/

Verb

tlazohtla

1. (transitive) To love; cherish; treat well.
   • 17C: Crónica mexicayotl

     auh yehuatl nicmacahua y nochpochtzin yn itoca Xiuhtomiyauhtzin nicmaca yn tlahcateotl ma contlaçotla xicmohuiquillitihuia

     (And I grant him my daughter named Xiuhtomiyauhtzin; I give her to Tlacateotl. Let him love her. Take her.)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• netlazohtlaliztli
• tetlazohtlaliztli
• tetlazohtlaloyan
• tlatlazohtlalli
• -tlazohtlaloca
• tlazohtlaloni
• tlazohtlaltia
• tlazohtlapoloa

Related terms

• tlazohtli

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 268
• Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 126–127
• Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 306
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 236