titlantli

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Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tītlani (“to deliver a message, be a messenger”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tiːˈt͡ɬan.t͡ɬi]

Noun[edit]

tītlantli (animate, plural tītlantin)

  1. One sent in representation of another; a messenger or ambassador.
    • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 84r. col. 1:
      Menſajero.titlantli.titlanoni.motitlanini.tititlantli. / tlaiualli. Et per metaphoram. teix. tenacaz.
      A messenger. titlantli. titlanoni. motitlanini. tititlantli. tlaiualli. And, metaphorically. teix. tenacaz.
    • Idem, f. 113v. col. 1.
      Titlantli. menſajero, o embaxador.
      Titlantli. a messenger or an ambassador.

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