Nahuatl Tlahtolkalli Lesson 4

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Nahuatl Lesson 4.

Napolnemoani (Vocabulary)	Translation
Tlahcuiloh	writer or painter
Amatl	paper
Teotl	creative energy
Teotzin	principle creative energy
Teocalli	house of the creative energy
Tlazohcamati	thank you with all my heart and gratefulness
Tlazohtli	beloved
Tlazohtzin	love of a person
Tlazohtla	it, she, he loves (to love)
Camahtli	mouth
Tonalli	day
Metztli	moon, month
Xihuitl	year
Tlatuilli	tomorrow
Yohuatzinco	morning
Yohualtica	evening
Yohualli	night
Cualli	good
Pano (Panoa)	(it, she, he transports something)
Xi-	(Relating to a command or a request)
Quin (Kin)	afterwards, then, just now
Occeppa (Okcepa)	again

Expressions of courtesy :

Tlazohcamati:	Thank You!
Quin Occepa:	Until another time

NOTATION:
Boldened (vowel) letters in the vocabulary listing identify long vowels. Underlined letters represent vowels or consonants that are often omitted when the Nahuatl stem word is inflected, agglutinated, or derivitized in form (to be explained in future lessons). The stem portion of a Nahuatl word is the core entity that may be subject to constituent prefix and suffix modification. The stem of a noun is readily identitfied from its absolutive suffix that entails -TL, -TLI, -LI, or -IN. For instance, the stem of MEXIHCATL is MEXIHCA, minus absolutive suffix -TL.

Grammar Rule No. 1.
When nouns are combined with other nouns, the first word loses the absolutive suffix (ending) and the second word keeps the ending. In the Nahuatl language, nouns are combined with each other to create a poetic representation of a complex idea. For example, "TEOTL" loses the "-TL" ending when it is combined with "CALLI" while the "-LI" ending in CALLI is not modified to create the word "TEOCALLI." Teocalli is a term meaning "house of the creative energy" and is commonly interpreted as a temple that stands adjacent on either side of a tlamanakalli (pyramid).