tzinti
See also: tzīnti
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- tzīnti
- tzi̱nti
Etymology
tzintli (“buttocks; base”) + -ti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsiːnti/
Verb
tzinti
- (intransitive) To begin.
- 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 84v
- In ayamo pēhua, in ayamo tzīnti izcemanāhuatl, in tlālticpactli, yeppa moyetzticà in Totēcuiyo Dios; antes que el mundo empeçasse ya era Dios Nuestro Señor
- (Before the world began there was already God our Lord)
- 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 84v
Synonyms
- pehua
References
- Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 263
- Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), trans. and ed. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 314–315
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 314
- Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 197, 223, 231, 255