-pahuic

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• -huīcpa

Etymology

A conflation of synonymous -pa and -huīc (“to, toward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈpa.wiːk/

Suffix

-pahuīc

1. (added to nouns) -wards, to, toward; forms adverbs of direction.

Examples:

mēxihcopahuīc (“to or toward Mexico”), from Mēxihco (“Mexico”)

Synonyms

• (-wards, to, toward): -pa, -huīc

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -pahuic

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 185