pahtli

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 25 November 2018

Alternative forms

• pahtly
• pati
• patli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʔtɬi/

Noun

pahtli

1. Medicine; poison.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros Memoriales

     ynic pati tzitzictic ytocã tlanelhuatl nica mochioa.

   • 1565: Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana

     Cuix timomiquitlani, aço yc otiquic ytla micouani pahtly?

     Deſeaſte te la muerte, y aeſta cauſa beuiſte beuedizos mortiferos?

   • 1599: Ioan Baptista, Confessionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana

     Acaçomo tiquimmacac inqualli pahtli inyuh intechmonequi in cocoxque?

     Porventura no les diſte buenas medicinas como lo pedia ſu enfermedad?

Derived terms

• pahcalli
• tezonpahtli

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 244.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 185.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 229.

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl pahtli

Noun

pahtli

1. medicine.
2. poison.