tlahtlacoani

tlahtlacoani

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• tlàtlacoāni
• tlatlacouani

Etymology

tlahtlacoā "to do wrong; to sin" + -ni (habitual suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɬaʔtɬako(w)aːni/

Noun

tlahtlacoāni (plural tlahtlacoānimeh)

1. One who makes mistakes.
2. (Christianity) A sinner.
   • 1565: Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breve en lengua mexicana y castellana

     monequi vel tiquilnamiquiz ca titlatlacouani

     cõuiene q̃ te acuerdes que eres pecd̓or

   • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 14v–15r

     Timochintin tlālticpac titlacà titlàtlacoānimê. Todos los hombres somo pecadores.

References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), translated and edited with commentary by James Lockhart, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, page 64
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 263
• Lockhart, James (201) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, page 238