tataca
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tataca
- (transitive) to scratch
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:
- (f. 208r:) Rascar. nino,tataca. niuo,momotzoa. [sic]
(f. 248r:) RAſcarſe. nino,momotzoa.nino,tataca.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to dig
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:
- (f. 46v:) Cauar haziendo hoyo. nitlatataca.
(f. 111r:) Eſcaruar tierra o coſa aſſi. nitla,tataca. nitla,uauana. nitla,xexeloa.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 215