Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/teeka
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This Proto-Nahuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Nahuan edit
Etymology edit
Cognate 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”