achtontli

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Related to achto "first".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atʃtoːntɬi/

Noun

achtontli (animate)

achtōntli

  1. Great-grandfather.

Usage notes

Usually occurs with a possessive prefix.

References

  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 60–61
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 3
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 210
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