tozan ichan

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

toçanychan (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From tōzan (“gopher”) +‎ īchān (“its home”), third-person singular possessive form of chāntli (“home, house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtoː.san ˈiː.t͡ʃaːn]

Noun

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

Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 148r

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