ohtli

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Noun

ohtli

  1. path, way, road

References

  • Herrera López, Hermilo (2015); Diccionario de la lengua Náhuatl de Texcoco, Instituto Mexiquense de los pueblos indígenas. Academia de la lengua náhuatl de Texcoco, Mexico City, Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oʔtɬi/

Noun

ohtli inan (plural otin)

  1. path; road
    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
      Camino tal, otli.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1599, Ioan Baptista, Confesionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:
      ye omoquichnacayotitzinoco, ye oq̃moquentitzinoco intotlalnacayo, inictechmottitilitzinoz in ilhuicac ohtli innemohualoni, in nemaquixtiloni, in nenemiliztiloni.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Possessive forms of ohtli
Singular Plural
1st person nōhhui tōhhui
2nd person mōhhui amōhhui
3rd person īōhhui īmōhhui
impersonal tēōhhui

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 242.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 177.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 228.