piltontli

== Central Nahuatl == === Etymology === From Classical Nahuatl piltontli. === Noun === piltontli boy == Classical Nahuatl == === Etymology === From pilli (“child, son”) +‎ -tōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [piɬˈtoːn.t͡ɬi] === Noun === piltōntli (animate, plural pīpiltotōntin) diminutive of pilli; a child; a young boy or girl. Idem, f. 82r. col. 2. Pipiltotonti. muchachos. Pipiltotonti. young men. diminutive of pilli; a nursling. ==== Synonyms ==== (child, young boy or girl): conētōntli, conētzintli, piltzintli, pilpīl (nursling): conētōntli, piltzintli === References === Frances Karttunen (1992), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 196