tzacua

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *ȼakʷa, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *cakʷa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsakʷa/

Verb

tzacua

  1. (transitive) To close; block.
  2. (transitive) To imprison.
  3. (transitive) To finish.
  4. (transitive) To pay for.

Derived terms

  • tzacualli
  • tzacualoni
  • tzacuilia
  • tzacuiltia
  • tzahtzacua

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “400a. *cakwa / *cakwi 'catch, grasp, close (grasp or s.th. else), lock'”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 109
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 310
  • Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 240
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