Tecuhtli, teuctli, tekwtli

[ANTHONY APPLEYARD]

Michael Mccafferty <mmccaffe at INDIANA.EDU> wrote:
> I should have added that "teuctli" is composed of only *two* syllables:
> /te:kw-/ + /-tli/, and, of course, the penultimate syllable is strong.
> The pronunciation of this word and others noted by Dave is "exotic" for
> speakers of European languages and require some practice to master.

Someone raised this matter a year or two ago. I advised him to say [te_cuatli], stressed on the [e_], and then to gradually get rid of the [a] without letting the [w] disappear or turn into [u].

(This is probably very off topic, but people who decide to get interested with the Klingon language that Marc Okrand invented, there also have to cross swords with the [tl] sound.)

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