mahtlactli

mahtlactli

1. ten.

• matlactli (obsolete spelling)

Some suggest a compound of mah (“arm, hand”) + tlāctli (“torso, trunk”), thus “both arms; ten”, and implying a semantic relation or contrast with mācuīlli (“five”), based on mā- (“arm, hand”) + cui (“to take, hold”), thus “what is held in one arm or hand; five”.

• IPA^(key): [maʔˈt͡ɬaːk.t͡ɬi]

mahtlāctli

1. ten
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r:

     10    diez.matlactli.

     10    ten. matlactli.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 1:

     10   Diez .matlactli.

     10   Ten. matlactli.

   • Idem, f. 53r. col. 2.

     Matlactli. diez.

     Matlactli. ten.

• Central Puebla Nahuatl: mahtlahtli

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 53r
• J. Richard Andrews (2003) Introduction to Classical Nahuatl: Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 317

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl mahtlāctli

mahtlactli

1. ten.