-techpa

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

-tech (“against, attached to”) +‎ -pa (“from, towards”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tetʃpa/

Suffix

-techpa

1. About; regarding.
   • 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, Book 1

     Jnic ce capitulo, yntechpa tlatoa, yn oc cenca tlapanauja teteuh

     First Chapter, which tells of the highest of the gods

   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della:

     ītechpa, vel ītechcopa nitlàtōz in teōtlaneltoquiliztli, hablarè de la fè.

     I will speak of the faith.

Synonyms

• -techcopa
• -techcacopa (rare)

References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001), James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 84
• Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 232
• Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981), Arthur J. O. Anderson, Charles E. Dibble, transl., Florentine Codex, Book 1 - The Gods, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 1