nican tlacatl

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Literally "here person".

Noun

nicān tlācatl (plural nicān tlācah)

A local person; a local.
- c. 1550–80: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 12
  in iuh mochichioa nican tlaca: no iuh mochichioaia, tlaviztli cōmaquiaia, tilmatli pani quimolpiliaia, inic mixpoloaia
  
  (They got themselves up as the local people do, putting on devices, tying cloaks on to disguise themselves)
An indigenous person; a native.

Usage notes

Usually used in the plural.

Synonyms

(indigenous person) macehualli

References

Campbell, R. Joe (1997), “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎
Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 194, 227

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