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tetlacatilia

tlacatilia

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

tlācatiliā (transitive)

  1. To cause (someone) to be born.
    • 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, Rémi Siméon ed. (1875)
      Nopilhtze, nocuzque, noquetzale, otiyol, otitlacat, otimotlalhticpacquixtico; in ytlalhticpac in totecuyo omitzyocux, omitzpic, omitztlacatili in ypalhnemoani in Dios.

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 257
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 253