NOUN STEMS with -TL ending	Translation
( ) plural ending in parenthesis
Ahui - tl (-huan)	Aunt
Ayo - tl (-meh)	Sea Turtle, Tortoise
Ahtla - tl	Spear Thrower, atlatl
Ayahui - tl (-huan)	Cloud. fog
Azca - tl (-meh)	Ant
Chilazca - tl	a type of Red Ant
Cone - tl ( coconeh = children)	Child, daughter, son
*Cuica - tl (-meh)	Song
*Cuei - tl	Skirt
Huehxolo - tl (-h) (-meh)	Turkey
Ihiyo - tl	Breath, respiration, hence one's life, sustenance
*Metla - tl	Metate, Grindstone
Mixi - tl	Intoxicating Herb, possibly Jimsonweed
Nexa - tl	Lime water
Ozto - tl (-meh)	Cave

NOUN STEMS with -TL ending	Translation
( ) plural ending in parenthesis
Quechquemi - tl	Garment w/ neck hole, forms a point in front & back
Quechte - tl	Neck
*Tocai - tl	Name
Totolte - tl (-meh)	Egg
Toto - tl (-meh) (-huan)	Bird
Teo - tl (teteoh = forces)	Creative Force, Energy
Tezca - tl	Mirror, glass
Xayaca - tl	Face, mask
Xihui - tl	Comet
Ye - tl (variant form is etl)	Bean
Yolcayo - tl	One's sustenance, by which one lives
Zahua - tl (-meh)	Pox, rash

*NOTE: POSSESSED NOUNS
In some nouns, an "i" or an "a" precedes the absolutive suffix as occurs in the words "xochitl" (flower) and "nacatl" (meat, flesh). For some (but not all) of these nouns taking this shape, when the absolutive suffix is dropped and an inflectional affix is added such as occurs when nouns form the possessed state, the preceding "i" or "a" of the noun is also dropped, leaving a stem word like "xoch" for flower (or, e.g. noxoch = my flower) and "nac" for flesh (or, e.g. nonac = my flesh) (Campbell and Karttunen 1: 15).

Subject Prefixes for Verbs & Nouns	Singular	Translation	Plural	Translation
First Person	ni- (*n-)	I	ti- (*t-)	we
Second Person	ti- (*t-)	you	am- (an-)	you (all)
Third Person	-	it (she,he)	-	they

Possessive Prefixes of Nouns	Singular	Translation	Plural	Translation
First Person	no- (*n-)	my	to- (t-)	our
Second Person	mo- (*m-)	your	amo- (*am-)	your
Third Person	i-	its (her,his)	im- (in-)	their

*NOTE: SUBJECT PREFIXES
The "i" of the subject prefixes "ni" or "ti" is dropped when subject nouns begin with vowels.

*NOTE: POSSESSIVE PREFIXES
The "o" of the possessive prefixes: "no", "mo", "to", or "amo" is dropped when nouns begin with short or long vowels: "o", "e", or "a" ; Conversely, for nouns beginning with short "i", the short "i," is dropped, thus retaining the "o" of the possessive prefix: "no", "mo", "to", or "amo" (Lockhart 2).

For nouns beginning with long vowel "i," the long vowel "i" is treated the same as other long vowels and retained, while the "o" of the possessive prefixes: "no", "mo", "to", or "amo" is dropped.

*NOTE: POSSESSIVE PREFIXES
The possessive prefix "im" precedes nouns beginning with vowels or with the letters m, or p; whereas, the use of its alternate form "in" precedes nouns beginning with consonants, except for the letters m and p.

NOUN STEMS with -LI ending	Translation
( ) plural ending in parenthesis
Achcol - li	Great-grandfather, ancestor
Ahtlapal - li	Wing, leaf
Atol - li	Atole, a drink made from cornstarch
Axil - li	River crayfish
Cihuapil - li (ladies = cihuapipiltin)	Lady
Col - li (-tin)	Grandfather, ancestor
Copal - li	copal, a type of incense
El - li	Liver
Huipil - li (-tin) (-meh)	Native woman's blouse
Ithual - li	Patio, interior yard
Ixpil - li	Eyelash
Mexcal - li	Mezcal, distilled alcohol of cooked maguey heart

NOUN STEMS with -LI ending	Translation
( ) plural ending in parenthesis
Nohpal - li	Prickly Pear Cactus
Ohuamil - li	Cane field
Pilol - li	Pitcher
Pinol - li	Flour, something ground
Quimil - li	Bundle of clothes
Tecol - li (-tin)	Charcoal
Tlacual - li	Food
Tlahmachtil - li	Student, disciple, follower
Tlapetlanil - li	Lightning, flash
Xal - li	Sand
Zacacal - li	Thatched house
Zanil - li (-tin)	tale, fable; conversation

NOUN STEMS with -IN ending	Translation
( ) plural ending in parenthesis
Aocuil - in	type of water animal
Ax - in	Insect that secretes medicinal substance
Chapol - in (-tin)	Grasshopper, a type of locust
Citlal - in	Star
Chapol - in (-tin)	Grasshopper, a type of locust
Cohuix - in	Black bellied Plover (family Charadriidae shorebirds)
Cozol - in	Crayfish
Cuix - in	Large bird of prey, hawk
Cuetzpal - in (-tin) (-meh)	Lizard, iguana
Cuezal - in	A flame colored thing; a scarlet-macaw feather
Huax - in	Large Tropical Tree that makes edible pods
Huitzil - in	Hummingbird

NOUN STEMS with -IN ending	Translation
( ) plural ending in parenthesis
Mapach - in (-tin) (-meh)	Racoon
Mich - in (fishes = mimichtin, michtin)	Fish
Nacaocuil - in (-tin)	maggot or cataract of the eye
Nextecuil - in (-tin)	type of large, whitish caterpillar that eats plant roots
Ocuil - in (-tin)	Worm
Quimich - in (-tin) (Quimichimeh)	Mouse
Tol - in	Sedge grass, reeds
Totol - in (-tin)	Domestic Fowl e.g. Turkey (also Chicken, Dove)
Xomil - in (-tin) (-meh)	A type of edible insect
Zayol - in (-meh)	Fly
Zol - in (-tin)	Quail
Zotol - in	Palm Tree

NOUN STEMS with -TLI ending	Translation
( ) plural ending in parenthesis
Acapech - tli	Reed Mat
Acocoh - tli	Acotote, name of several different squash plants
Ahhuachpoc - tli	Rain cloud
Cac - tli (-meh)	Shoe
Chan - tli (-meh)	Home, residence
Chitah - tli	Hammock, sling, net, hanging cradle
Cih - tli (-tin)	Grandmother, or sister of one's grandfather
Copac - tli	Palate, Throat
Huilan - tli	Crippled one, who drags oneself around
Ez - tli	Blood
Ixteleloh - tli (-huan)	Eye
Mihtoh - tli	Dance

NOUN STEMS with -TLI ending	Translation
( ) plural ending in parenthesis
Noch - tli	Fruit of prickly pear cactus
Oquich - tli (-tin) (-meh) (-huan)	Man, male husband
Otz - tli (plural = Ootztin)	Someone pregnant
Pah - tli	Medicine, potion
Quiquiz - tli	Conch shell trumpet
Tapach - tli	Sea shell, coral
Ten - tli	Lip, mouth, edge, and (by extension) word
Teponaz - tli	Lateral long drum
Tzauc - tli	Glue
Tzic - tli	chicle, sapodilla gum used for chewing gum
Xic - tli	Navel, peephole
Xinach - tli	Seed
Yoltlazohtlaliz - tli	Love

TABLE 1. ABSOLUTIVE SUFFIXES. Apply Absol. Suffixes to Noun Stems According to the following Guidelines

ABSOLUTIVE SUFFIX	APPLICATION GUIDELINE
- TL	apply to noun stems ending in a vowel
- TLI	apply to noun stem ending in a consonant, except "L"
- LI	apply to noun stems ending in "L"
- IN	apply to "some stems"

Prefix +	Noun	Nahuatl	Translation
i +	acalli =	iacal	its, her or his boat
i +	xochitl =	ixoch	its, her or his flower
amo +	nantli =	amonan	y'all's mother
im +	amoxtli =	imamox	their book
in +	colli =	incol	their grandfather
ni + mo +	nantli =	nimonan	I am your mother
ti + no +	textli =	tinotextzin	you are my brother-in-law (respectful -tzin is added)
an + to +	machtli =	antomachhuan	you (all) are our nieces/nephews (-huan added for plural possessed animate nouns)
amo +	tahtli =	amotahhuan	y'all's fathers (-huan added for plural possessed animate nouns)