tlapani, tlapana, tlatlapaca, tlatlapatza

[John Sullivan, Ph.D.]

Piyali listeros,
	Ce tlahtlaniliztli. I have a question about sets of words like:  
tlapa:ni, "to split"; tlapa:na, "to split s.t."; tlatlapaca, "to split  
into many pieces", tlatlapatza, "to split s.t. into many pieces". I  
understand that tlapa:na is a causative derivation of  tlapa:ni. And  
the grammars say that tlatlapaca is a reduplicated form of tlapa:ni,  
and that tlatlapatza is a reduplicated form of tlapa:na. What I want  
to know is if tlatlapatza could also be considered a causative  
derivation of tlatlapaca. After all, we do have hua:qui, "to dry" and  
its causative derivation hua:tza, "to dry s.t."; popo:ca, "to smoke" /  
popo:tza, "to smoke s.t."; ti:tica, "to throb (a wound) / ti:titza,  
"to strain while making an effort", none of which have underlying  
thematic verbs forms in -ni or -hui. And I think all verbs ending in - 
tza are transitive (pi:tza, po:tza).
John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
Professor of Nahua language and culture
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
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