-liztli

Classical Nahuatl

-liztli

(added to verbs) -tion, -ation, -ing; used to form a noun relating to some action.

Examples:

āmoxpōhualiztli (“reading of a book”), from āmoxpōhua (“to read from a book”)

miquiliztli (“death, mortality”), from miqui (“to die”)

nenāmictiliztli (“marriage, wedlock”), from nāmictiā (“to marry, take a spouse”)

Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -liztli

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