-tzin

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-tzin

(added to nouns) An honorific or caressive suffix; denotes fondness, respect, reverence or submission on behalf of the speaker.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellana, f. 12r:
  […] a los nombres propios, Subſtantiuos y Adjetiuos, q́ ſignifican coſas animadas, o inanimadas ſeles añade algunas vezez tzin, o tzintli. Y eſto acaece, para denotar buena crianza, corteſia, o reuerencia.
  To the proper nouns, nouns and adjectives that refer to animate or inanimate things is sometimes added tzin or tzintli. This happens in order to denote a noble upbringing, courtesy, or reverence.
huentli (“offering”) → huentzintli (“sacrifice, sacrificial offering”)

tonān (“our mother”) → tonāntzin (“our revered mother”)

īyeliz (“his, her, its nature”) → īyeliztzin in Dios (“God's nature, godhood”)
(added to nouns) A diminutive suffix; forms nouns denoting smallness.
pilli (“child, youth”) → piltzintli (“small child”)

tletl (“fire”) → tletzintli (“small fire”)