tlahtlacolli

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From tlahtlacōa (to do wrong) +‎ -lli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɬaʔtɬakoːlli/

Noun

tlahtlacōlli

  1. Fault; mistake.
    Ahmō notlahtlacōl.
    (It's not my fault.)
  2. Sin.
    • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:
      caotiualla, tinechnextilico ĩmotlatlacol:
      (You have come here, you have come to confide your sins to me.)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Possessive forms of tlahtlacolli
Singular Plural
1st person notlahtlacōl totlahtlacōl
2nd person motlahtlacōl amotlahtlacōl
3rd person ītlahtlacōl īntlahtlacōl
impersonal tētlahtlacōl

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 227.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 263.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, p. 238.