Tloc, Nahuac and Tlan

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

Piyali Baert,
	"-tla:n" with the long "a" forms place names. "-tlan" with the short  
"a" forms place names with the "-ti" ligature, It attaches directly to  
nouns stems or uses the ligature when it means "below, next to, amoung  
(Karttunen)" something. There are also some constructions referring to  
time/events, at least in Huastecan Nahuatl. Here are some examples  
(minus vowel length):
	-elchiquititlan, "next to s.o.s ribs"
	-nacaztlan, "to the side of s.o. (next to their ear)"
	-quechtlan, "s.o.ʻs throat"
	atitlan, "low land where water accumulates"
	ahuahcatlan, "deep water"
	-tzintlan, "the base of s.t."
	tlazoltitlan, "place where there is a lot of garbage"
	-nentlan, "place that s.o. is familiar with"
	zoquititlan, "a muddy place"
	tlazoquititlan, "place where it muddy all over"
	tlaltzintlan, "underground"
And dealing with time:
	mecohtlan or mecohtitlan, "during carnavel (fiesta de los pintados)"
	ilhuititlan, "day of the dead"
	toquiztlan, "planting season"
	ahuaquiztlan or tlahuaquiztlan, "dry season"
John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
Professor of Nahua language and culture
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On Nov 11, 2009, at 5:09 PM, lahunik.62 at skynet.be wrote:

> -TLOC and –NAHUAC:
> Near, beside, nearby, with.
> They are used frequently together.
> They are mostly used in a possessif formation.
> Tonahuac, near or beside us.
> Tlanahuac, nearby something.
> Cuahuitl inahuac, near a tree.
> Notloc xinemi, live with me.
> The suffix –pa can be used after –tloc.
> Notlocpa ximotlali, sit down nearby me.
> The honour titles are –nahuactzinco and –tloctzinco.
> Itloctzinco inahuactzinco ninemi in teuctli, I live beside the Lord.
> Nahuac can be used on a nominal stem.
> Nacalnahuac, nearby my house.
> A lot of toponymes are made this way.
> Cuauhnahuac, Cuernavaca (beside the trees)
> Anahuac, name of the valley of Mexico (beside the water).
> Tloc and nahuac, forming each a possessif noun, tloqueh nahuaqueh.
> -TLAN
> The suffix –tlan is exclusively used to form toponymes
> Tollan, the suffixe –tlan with assimilation (l + tl = ll).
> Lahun ik 62
> Baert Georges
> Flanders Fields
>
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