nahuatlahtoh

nahuatlahtoh

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• nahuatlahto
• nahuatlato
• nauatlato

Etymology

Preterite agentive of nāhuatlahtoa "to interpret".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.wa.ˈtɬaʔ.toʔ/

Noun

nāhuatlahtoh (plural nāhuatlahtohqueh)

1. An interpreter.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 150r.

     Ynterprete. nauatlato.

   • 1555: ibid., f. 151v.

     Ladina coſa. nauatlato. tetlatolmatini.

   • 17C: Chimalpahin, Crónica mexicayotl, f. 60r.

     ce español ytoca Juan grande nahuatlahto audiencia real

     (A Spaniard named Juan Grande, an interpreter in the Audiencia Real)

References

• Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 166–167