tozan ichan
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Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- toçanychan (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From tōzan (“gopher”) + īchān (“its home”), third-person singular possessive form of chāntli (“home, house”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tōzan īchān (inanimate)
- gopher burrow
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 148r. col. 2:
- Toçanychan cueua de toçan.
- Toçanychan. the cave of a toçan.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 148r