Tloc, nahuac, tech, tlan

[David Wright]

Thanks, Michael. I see Molina (1571: II, 42r) gives "Ipeuhcan en el
comienzo, o en el principio, o al principio". That looks like i:peuhca:n
/i:pewka:n/ (i: + (pewa - a) + ka:n), 3rd person singular possessive prefix
+ verb: begin + postposition (?) where/in/in the time of/place of/by. So I
guess I can call ca:n a postposition, based on the criteria of it appearing
with a possessive prefix (and a verb!), although the example is not as clear
as if we had a direct coupling of the prefix with ca:n. It is what it is, of
course; the problem is fitting it into a somewhat arbitrary (but useful)
classification scheme.

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Michael McCafferty [mailto:mmccaffe at indiana.edu] Enviado el: jueves, 12
de noviembre de 2009 07:05 p.m.
Para: David Wright
CC: 'Campbell, R. Joe'; nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
Asunto: Re: [Nahuat-l] Tloc, nahuac, tech, tlan

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David:

I don't recall seeing /ca:n/ in, say, a simple possessed form such as *tocan
but it does appear in *possessed* forms, e.g., ipeuhcan, itzinehcan, etc.
Perhaps that is what Joe is getting at when he says "possessed".

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