Reconstruction:Proto-Nahuan/teeka

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

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïkaC.

Cognate with Mayo teeca, Central Tarahumara ricá.

Verb

*teeka

  1. (transitive) to lay down

Descendants

  • Classical Nahuatl: tēca
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: quite̱ca
  • Mecayapan Nahuatl: quite̱ca
  • Northern Puebla Nahuatl: quiteca
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: qui̱tieca

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1744. *tïka/i or *tïkaC ‘put lying down, stretched/spread flat’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 284
  • Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 266 of 262–279: “(100) lie down *teeka”
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