notza

notza

Classical Nahuatl

Verb

nōtza

1. (transitive) To summon; call.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 65r.

     Citar a juizio. nite,nauatia. nite,notza.

   • 1555: ibid., f. 158v.

     Llamar. nite,notza. nite,tzatzilia.

   • 17C: Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Spanish), Bartolomé de Alva (Nahuatl translation), El Gran Teatro del Mundo, f. 1v.

     Aquin nechnotza? — Who summons me?

Synonyms

• tzahtzilia

Derived terms

• ixnotza
• manotza

• nohnotza
• nonotza

• tenotzaliztli
• tlanotztli

References

• Sell, Barry D.; Louise M. Burkhart; Elizabeth R. Wright (eds. and trans.) (2008) Nahuatl Theater, Volume 3: Spanish Golden Age Drama in Mexican Translation, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 61
• Michel Launey; Christopher Mackay (2011) An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Amazon: Cambridge University Press, pages Loc 1438