piltzintli
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pilli (“child”) + -tzin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Karttunen (1983) and Andrews (2003) write -tzin-; Lockhart (2001) writes -tzīn-.
Noun[edit]
piltzintli (animate, plural pīpiltzitzintin)
- Diminutive of pilli; a child or youth.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- pilhtzintli, hijo, nimopilhtzin, yo soy tu hijo.
- pilhtzintli, a son, nimopilhtzin, I am your son.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 1:
- Piltzintli. niño, o ñiña.
- Piltzintli. a boy or girl.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 82r. col. 2:
- Pipiltotonti. muchachos. / Pipiltzitzinti. idem. o niños.
- Pipiltotonti. youths. / Pipiltzitzinti. the same, or children.
- 1547: Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
References[edit]
- Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 246.
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 196.
- Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 230.
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Classical Nahuatl piltzintli (“child”).
Noun[edit]
piltzintli
Categories:
- Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -tzin
- Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl nouns
- Classical Nahuatl diminutive nouns
- Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations
- Classical Nahuatl words with uncertain pronunciation
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl lemmas
- Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl nouns