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-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

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Synonyms

  • (-wards, to, toward): -pa, -huīc

References

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