Nahuatl Word 4

[Galen Brokaw]

Actually, I guess my question isn't whether or not this is a spelling
mistake. I suppose that if you have teuh followed by a vowel, then it
would be spelled "-tehu-", right?
So, my question has to do with whether or not there is a morphological
division at this point in the word, making it:

ni + tla + te (reduplication) + teuh + ana

Andrews classifies this "teuh" as a suffix, but there are a few words in
the Florentine that seem to use a reduplicated form of "teuh" as an
embedded adjective meaning "completely or thoroughly" rather than a
suffix meaning "in the manner of." Examples: moteteuhtlalia, quiteteuhilpia.
And this seems to make sense. There is also a "motitihuana" that means
to stretch out. So, if the break down that I have given above is
correct, then the "motitihuana" is really "motetehuana".
Is that right?
Galen





r. joe campbell wrote:
> Molina has:  nitlatetehuana
>
>              tender lo encogido
>
>         (he is not just talking about laying something out,
>          but literally *stretching* something that has shrunk.)
>
>  As usual, what is the composition of the word?
>
> Saludos,
>
> Joe
>