tzinacan
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *ȼinaakan.[1]
Compare Michoacán Nahuatl tzinaca, Morelos Nahuatl tzinaka, Northern Puebla Nahuatl tzinacatl, Tetelcingo Nahuatl tzonöcatl, Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl tzinaca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsinaːka(n)/
Noun
tzinācan
- Bat.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 176r:
- Morcielago o aue de noche. tzinacan. quimichpatlan.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- Tzinacantlan
References
- ^ Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 262 of 262–279: “(10) bat *ȼinaakan”
- Karttunen, Frances (1983), An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, page 312