tlacua
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From tla- + Proto-Nahuan *kʷa (itself from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kwaʼa (“to eat, swallow”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɬaˈku.aː/
Verb
tlacua (fourth conjugation, third-person singular imperfective tlacuāya, third-person singular preterite tlacuah, third-person singular future tlacuāz)
- (intransitive) To eat.
Conjugation
| Person | Singular | Plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Second | Third | First | Second | Third | |
| nehhuātl nehhua neh |
tehhuātl tehhua teh |
yehhuātl yehhua yeh |
tehhuāntin tehhuān tehmeh |
amehhuāntin amehhuān amehmeh |
yehhuāntin yehhuān yehmeh | |
| Indicative mood | ||||||
| Present | nitlacua | titlacua | tlacua | titlacuah | antlacuah | tlacuah |
| Present habitual | nitlacuāni | titlacuāni | tlacuāni | titlacuānih | antlacuānih | tlacuānih |
| Imperfective | nitlacuāya ōnitlacuāya |
titlacuāya ōtitlacuāya |
tlacuāya ōtlacuāya |
titlacuāyah ōtitlacuāyah |
antlacuāyah ōantlacuāyah |
tlacuāyah ōtlacuāyah |
| Preterite | nitlacuah ōnitlacuah |
titlacuah ōtitlacuah |
tlacuah ōtlacuah |
titlacuahqueh ōtitlacuahqueh |
antlacuahqueh ōantlacuahqueh |
tlacuahqueh ōtlacuahqueh |
| Distant past | nitlacuahca ōnitlacuahca |
titlacuahca ōtitlacuahca |
tlacuahca ōtlacuahca |
titlacuahcah ōtitlacuahcah |
antlacuahcah ōantlacuahcah |
tlacuahcah ōtlacuahcah |
| Future | nitlacuāz ōnitlacuāz |
titlacuāz ōtitlacuāz |
tlacuāz ōtlacuāz |
titlacuāzqueh ōtitlacuāzqueh |
antlacuāzqueh ōantlacuāzqueh |
tlacuāzqueh ōtlacuāzqueh |
| Immediate future | nitlacuāznequi | titlacuāznequi | tlacuāznequi | titlacuāznequih | antlacuāznequih | tlacuāznequih |
| Conditional mode | ||||||
| nitlacuāzquiya ōnitlacuāzquiya |
titlacuāzquiya ōtitlacuāzquiya |
tlacuāzquiya ōtlacuāzquiya |
titlacuāzquiyah ōtitlacuāzquiyah |
antlacuāzquiyah ōantlacuāzquiyah |
tlacuāzquiyah ōtlacuāzquiyah | |
| Optative mood | ||||||
| Non-past | nitlacua | xitlacua | tlacua | titlacuācān | xitlacuācān | tlacuācān |
| Past | nitlacuāni ōnitlacuāni |
xitlacuāni ōxitlacuāni |
tlacuāni ōtlacuāni |
titlacuānih ōtitlacuānih |
xitlacuānih ōxitlacuānih |
tlacuānih ōtlacuānih |
| Future | nitlacuāz | titlacuāz | tlacuāz | titlacuāzqueh | antlacuāzqueh | tlacuāzqueh |
| Admonitive mood | ||||||
| nitlacuah | titlacuah | tlacuah | titlacuahtin | antlacuahtin | tlacuahtin | |
Note: These forms are autogenerated and may be incorrect
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tlacuā.
Verb
tlacua
- to eat.