"tahtli" meaning in Classical Nahuatl

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Noun

IPA: [ˈtaʔ.t͡ɬi]
Etymology: Perhaps ultimately imitative. Compare tata (“dad”). Head templates: {{head|nci|nouns|animate||plural|tahtin|||cat2=|f1accel-form=p|f2accel-form=p|head=}} tahtli (animate, plural tahtin), {{nci-noun|a|pl=tahtin}} tahtli (animate, plural tahtin) Inflection templates: {{nci-decl|tah|n=1}} Forms: tahtin [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], notah [first-person, singular], totah [first-person, plural], motah [second-person, singular], amotah [plural, second-person], ītah [singular, third-person], īntah [plural, third-person], tētah [impersonal], tatli [alternative]
  1. father Tags: animate Synonyms: izcācauhtli (english: biological father) Derived forms: tahyōtl, tlacpatahtli

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "mother",
      "sense": "with regard to gender",
      "translation": "mother",
      "word": "nāntli"
    },
    {
      "english": "child",
      "sense": "with regard to ancestry",
      "translation": "child",
      "word": "conētl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps ultimately imitative. Compare tata (“dad”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tahtin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nci-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "notah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "totah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amotah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ītah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "īntah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tētah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatli",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "animate",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "tahtin",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tahtli (animate, plural tahtin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "pl": "tahtin"
      },
      "expansion": "tahtli (animate, plural tahtin)",
      "name": "nci-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tah",
        "n": "1"
      },
      "name": "nci-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nci",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "nci:Family",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "tahyōtl"
        },
        {
          "word": "tlacpatahtli"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A father. tatli. teta. yzcacauhtli. teizcacauh. tetatzin.",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 187r:",
          "text": "padre. tatli.teta.yzcacauhtli.teizcacauh.tetatzin.",
          "translation": "A father. tatli. teta. yzcacauhtli. teizcacauh. tetatzin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "id": "en-tahtli-nci-noun-iKGIHwAl",
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "biological father",
          "translation": "biological father",
          "word": "izcācauhtli"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtaʔ.t͡ɬi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tahtli"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "mother",
      "sense": "with regard to gender",
      "translation": "mother",
      "word": "nāntli"
    },
    {
      "english": "child",
      "sense": "with regard to ancestry",
      "translation": "child",
      "word": "conētl"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tahyōtl"
    },
    {
      "word": "tlacpatahtli"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps ultimately imitative. Compare tata (“dad”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tahtin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nci-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "notah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "totah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "amotah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ītah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "īntah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tētah",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tatli",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nci",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "animate",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "tahtin",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "tahtli (animate, plural tahtin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "pl": "tahtin"
      },
      "expansion": "tahtli (animate, plural tahtin)",
      "name": "nci-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tah",
        "n": "1"
      },
      "name": "nci-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
  "lang_code": "nci",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Nahuatl entries with incorrect language header",
        "Classical Nahuatl lemmas",
        "Classical Nahuatl nouns",
        "Classical Nahuatl terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "nci:Family"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A father. tatli. teta. yzcacauhtli. teizcacauh. tetatzin.",
          "ref": "1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 187r:",
          "text": "padre. tatli.teta.yzcacauhtli.teizcacauh.tetatzin.",
          "translation": "A father. tatli. teta. yzcacauhtli. teizcacauh. tetatzin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "father"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "father",
          "father"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtaʔ.t͡ɬi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "biological father",
      "translation": "biological father",
      "word": "izcācauhtli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tahtli"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tahtli meaning in Classical Nahuatl (2.5kB)

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