taʹpö·c

Tepecano

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan tapɨ́ɨ́xi, Southeastern Tepehuan tapɨɨx.

Noun

taʹpö·c (plural taʹtpöc)

1. flea

Derived terms

• ictutaʹpci (“full of fleas”)

References

• Mason, J. Alden (1916) “Tepecano, a Piman language of western Mexico”, in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, volume XXV, number 1, →DOI, pages 309–416: “taʹpöc (p. 320), taʹpö·c (pp. 322, 329)”