icpatl

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *ɨkpa-tl (“thread”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kuppa-ta (“hair (of the head)”).[1]

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl icpatl.

Noun

icpatl

  1. string

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1108. *kuppa ‘hair of head, head’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 203
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