tataca

See also: țâțaca and țâțacă

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tataka/

Verb

tataca

1. (transitive) to scratch
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:

     (f. 208r:) Rascar. nino,tataca. niuo,momotzoa. [sic]
     (f. 248r:) RAſcarſe. nino,momotzoa.nino,tataca.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to dig
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana:

     (f. 46v:) Cauar haziendo hoyo. nitlatataca.
     (f. 111r:) Eſcaruar tierra o coſa aſſi. nitla,tataca. nitla,uauana. nitla,xexeloa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• huahuana
• momotozoa
• xexeloa

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 215