tlacaxinachtli
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ɬaː.ka.ʃiˈnaːt͡ʃ.t͡ɬi]
Noun
tlācaxināchtin (inanimate, plural tlācaxināchtin)
- sperm, semen
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 109r. col. 2:
- ſimiente de varon. tlacaxinachtli. tixpampa quiça. / vel. tixpampa vetzi.
- the seed of a man. tlacaxinachtli. tixpampa quiça. vel. tixpampa vetzi.
- Idem, f. 116r. col. 1.
- Tlacaxinachtli. ſimiente devaron o de muger.
- Tlacaxinachtli. the seed of a man or a woman.
- Tlacaxinachtli. ſimiente devaron o de muger.
Usage notes
- Though inanimate, tlācaxināchtli can take on the plural form tlācaxināchtin with a semantic shift to “first human lineage, first human procreators”.
Derived terms
- tlācaxināchchōtl
References
- Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, page 109
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