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Nahuatl, n. and a.|ˈnɑːwɑːt(ə)l|
Also Nahuat, Nahuatla, Nahuatlac.
[f. Sp., f. Nahuatl.]
A. n.
a. A group of peoples of Southern Mexico and Central America which includes the Aztec; a member of these peoples.
b. The Uto-Aztecan language of this people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl people or their language.
1822J. Black tr. de Humboldt's Essay on Kingdom of New Spain I. 138 The Toultecs,..the Acolhuas, and the Nahuatlacs, all spoke the same language as the Mexicans. 1873A. Lang in Fortnightly Rev. May 624 The rite itself was actually practised by the Nahuatls in America. 1877L. H. Morgan Ancient Society ii. vi. 181 The question of the organization of these, and the remaining Nahuatlac tribes of Mexico, in gentes will be considered in the next ensuing chapter. 1891Z. Nuttall Atlatl or Spear-thrower of Ancient Mexicans 6 The Nahuatl text of Sahagun's invaluable Manuscript Historia. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 373/2 The dominant [American] ethnic groups:—Eskimo, on Arctic shores;..Nahuatla-Maya, Southern Mexico and Central America. 1915E. Sapir in American Anthropologist XVII. Jan.–Mar. 99 The total number of Southern Paiute consonants that have to be directly accounted for in terms of Nahuatl consonants is considerably less. 1921― Language iv. 70 The compounded object of a verb precedes the verbal element in..Nahuatl. 1948C. L. B. Hubbard Dogs in Britain xix. 215 The Aztecs (tribal name for the last Nahuatl immigrants into the Mexican valleys). 1971Language XLVII. 737 The language as a whole, once called Mexicano, has more recently been referred to as Nahuatl (in some cases Nahuat). 1973Guardian 23 Mar. 12/6, I was going to learn Nahuatl, the Aztec language, which some of the two-dollar whores could speak.
So Nahuatlan, the group of Nahuatl dialects; also as adj.
1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 374/1 The [linguistic] families of..Middle America..:—..Nahuatlan, Mex.; Otomitlan [etc.]. 1933L. Bloomfield Language iv. 72 A Uto-Aztecan family has been proposed..to include..the great Nahuatlan family in Mexico, including Aztec... Beside Nahuatlan, we may mention the Mayan family in Yucatan. 1953Amer. Speech XXVIII. 62 The ending -an..is used after vowels as well as after consonants..Tibetan, Nahuatlan, [etc.]. |