Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/teeka
Proto-Nahuan
editEtymology
editCognate with Mayo teeca, Central Tarahumara ricá.
Verb
edit*teeka
- (transitive) lay down
Descendants
edit- Classical Nahuatl: tēca
- Highland Puebla Nahuatl: quite̱ca
- Mecayapan Nahuatl: quite̱ca
- Northern Puebla Nahuatl: quiteca
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱tieca
References
edit- Campbell, Lyle, Langacker, Ronald W. (1978 October) “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, pages 262–279: “(100) lie down *teeka”