caltia

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 4 June 2015

Etymology

calli (“house”) +‎ -tia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaltia/

Verb

caltia

1. (transitive) to provide with a house; to build a house for
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della:

     onēchcaltì in notàtzin, mi padre me ha edificado, ò proueido de casa

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 22
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 212