tenantzin

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [teːˈnáːn.t͡sin̥]

Noun

tēnāntzin (animate)

1. impersonal honorific possessive singular of nāntli; (she is) one's mother.
2. A polite way of referring to or speaking about mothers as a class; a mother, all mothers.