ihtoa

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • ìtoa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iʔˈto.a/

Verb

ihtoa (transitive)

  1. to say
    • 2017, Louise M. Burkhart, transl., edited by Barry D. Sell, Abelardo de la Cruz, John Sullivan, and Justyna Olko, In Citlalmachiyotl. The Star Sign: A Colonial Nahua Drama of the Three Kings, page 66,78:
      Yeceh nehhuatl in niquihtoa ca zan nocel in cemanahuac in nitlahtoani
      But as for me, I say that I am the only ruler of the world.
  2. (with tla-) to govern, to watch over, to speak on behalf of
    • 1889, Bernardino de Sahagún, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex‎[1], volume 8, folio 36r:
      no iquac ixquetzalo in calpixquj, in qujmocujtlaujz, in jpan tlatoz in tlacalaqujlli.
      forthwith a steward was placed in office, who would watch over and levy the tribute.
  3. (of birds, with tla-) to sing
    • 1889, Bernardino de Sahagún, translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, Florentine Codex‎[2], volume 2, folio 105r:
      qujchixtoque in quenman tlatviz, in quenman tlatlavilotleoaz, in quenmã tlatoz cujcujtzcatl..
      they sat awaiting the time dawn would break, the time that the light would arise, the time that the barn swallow would sing.
  4. to speak of
  5. to mention
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