nican

See also: nicān

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• nicān (Carochi)

Etymology

ni- (compare niman "then", nipa "over there") + -cān (locative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nikaːn/

Adverb

nicān (locative)

1. Here.
   • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 89r.

     nicān, vel iz ōhuāllà cē nohuanyōlqui, aqui vino vn pariente mio.

     (A relative of mine came here.)

2. At this point.

Synonyms

• (here) iz, ici
• (at this point) oncan

Derived terms

• nican tlacatl

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 241
• Campbell, R. Joe (1997) “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011
• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs, translated and edited with commentary by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 328–331
• Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 172
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 227