Definify.com

Definition 2024

-pahuic

-pahuic

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • -huīcpa

Suffix

-pahuīc

  1. (added to nouns) -wards, to, toward; forms adverbs of direction.
Examples:
mēxihcopahuīc ‎(“to or toward Mexico”), from Mēxihco ‎(“Mexico”)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Classical_Nahuatl_words_suffixed_with_-pahuic'>Classical Nahuatl words suffixed with -pahuic</a>

Synonyms

  • (-wards, to, toward): -pa, -huīc

References

  • Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 185

Etymology

A conflation of synonymous -pa and -huīc ‎(“to, toward”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ˈpa.wiːk/

Similar Results