tᴜčiʔ

Pochutec

Etymology

C.f. Classical Nahuatl tōchin.

Noun

tᴜčiʔ

1. rabbit

Usage notes

This word was remembered by a single individual, many years after all fluent speakers of the language had died.

References

• Knab, Tim (1980 July) “When is a language really dead: The case of Pochutec”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 46, number 3, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 230–233