techan tlacah
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- techã tlaca (obsolete spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From tēchān (“someone's house”) + tlācah (“people”), literally “people of one's household”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tēchān tlācah (animate, plural only)
- (figurative) family; household
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 122r:
- Familia. cenyeliztli,cencalli.cencaltin.cemithualtin,techã tlaca.
- The family. cenyeliztli. cencalli. cencaltin. cemithualtin. techã tlaca.
References[edit]
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa