Classical Nahuatl

Suffix

-liztli

1. (added to verbs) -tion, -ation, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.

Examples:

āmoxpōhualiztli ‎(“reading of a book”), from āmoxpōhua ‎(“to read from a book”)

miquiliztli ‎(“death, mortality”), from miqui ‎(“to die”)

nenāmictiliztli ‎(“marriage, wedlock”), from nāmictiā ‎(“to marry, take a spouse”)

Derived terms