tlacatl

• (Tlaxcala): tlakatl

From Classical Nahuatl tlacatl.

• IPA^(key): [tɬaːkatɬ]

tlacatl (inanimate)

1. man
2. human

• Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla.

From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɬaː.kat͡ɬ]

tlācatl anim (plural tlācah)

1. (he or she is) a person, a human being
2. (he or she is) a slave (when possessed, cf. notlācauh (“he is my slave”)).

The root of tlacatl serves as the suppletive root for the possessed forms of tlacohtli (“slave”).

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 256–257
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 253
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 235–236

From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta. Cognate to Classical Nahuatl tlācatl.

tlacatl (plural tlacameh)

1. man.

From Proto-Nahuan *tlaakatl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka-ta.

tlacatl

1. man

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 23