tzatzi

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms
  • tzajtzi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tsahtsi/

Verb

tzatzi

  1. (intransitive) To shout; yell; vocalize (of both humans and animals).
    • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 30v:
      Balar la oueja tzatzi.choca.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • ibid., f. 30v.
      Bramar el torro. choca.tzatzi.
    • ibid., f. 66r.
      Darbozes. nitzatzi.ni,tzatzatzi.
    • ibid., f. 133r.
      Gritar. ni,tzatzi.ni,chiquiliztzatzi. ni,chichiquiliztzatzi.ni,mauhcatzatzi.
    • ibid., f. 200v.
      Pregonar. nitzatzi.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • chichiquiliztzahtzi
  • chiquiliztzahtzi
  • choquiztzahtzi
  • mauhcatzahtzi
  • tzahtziliztli
  • tzahtzini
  • tzatzahtzi

References
  • Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 196, 237, 241, 243
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