tsïntsïkata

Purepecha

Alternative forms

• tsintsicata, tsʌntsʌkata (obsolete)

Etymology

tsïntsïni (“build”) +‎ -kata

Noun

tsïntsïkata

1. wall

References

• Gilberti, Maturino (1559) Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan (in Spanish), Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 62v: “Tſintſicata. pared o muro.”
• Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 134r: “Pared generalmente. ymberaqua.tſintſincata^[sic].”
• [Instituto Lingüístico de Verano] (1975) Frases sencillas, tarasco-español‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, page 7: “tsʌntsʌkata”
• Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 15, 32, 33: “tsïntsïkata”