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nantli

nantli

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

nāntli (animate, plural nāntin)

  1. mother
  2. (inanimate, metonymically) womb

Synonyms

  • (mother): ciztli
  • (womb): cihuāyōtl, nānyōtl, tēnāntīliztli, tlācatcāyōtl

Antonyms

  • (mother, with regards to gender): tahtli
  • (mother, with regards to ancestry): conētl, pilli

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