tlahtlacoa

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

tla- "something; things" + ihtlacoā "damage; ruin"

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɬaʔtɬako.a/

Verb

tlahtlacoā

  1. (intransitive) To do wrong; to make a mistake.
  2. (intransitive, Christianity) To sin.
    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana:
      Pecar. nitla,pilchiua. nitla,tlacoua.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1599, Ioan Baptista, Confessionario en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:
      IN TICHRISTIANO in otitlahtlaco in otitlapilchiuh, in ixtzinco icpactzinco otehuac inipalnemohuani Dios
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

References
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 263.
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