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