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tlahtoani
tlahtoani
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Noun
tlahtoāni (plural tlahtohqueh, possessed -tlahtohcāuh)
- A ruler.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
- Señor de ſieruos. tlatoani. tlacaua.
- 1673: Augustin de Vetancurt, Arte de lengua mexicana
- Cuix oticmotlaçotilli in motlâtocatzin Dios?
- Amaſte à tu Dios, y Señor?
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana
Derived terms
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. 266.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, pp. 55, 238, 239.