caltia
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 4 June 2015
Etymology
calli (“house”) + -tia
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaltia/
Verb
caltia
- (transitive) to provide with a house; to build a house for
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della
- onēchcaltì in notàtzin, mi padre me ha edificado, ò proueido de casa
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della
References
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 22
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 212