-huan

huan Huan huán huàn huān huǎn Classical Nahuatl Etymology 1 Uncertain. The second element seem to also appear in other Classical Nahuatl locative and relational suffixes : nci -pān on, atop, nci -tlān under, around; place of X, nci -yān place of doing X, etc. Pronunciation nci /-waːn/ [-waːn̥] Suffix -huān nci suffix (with a possessive prefix) Comitative suffix (marks accompaniment). nci Mohuān niccuaz. I'll eat with you. nci Nohuān yōlqui. (It is) my relative (literally, "(it is) someone who is alive alongside me"Launey Michel translated by Christopher Mackay An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl Cambridge University Press Cambridge 2011 243). (specifically with the third person singular possessive prefix) And, along with. nci Chihchīltic in īahmatlapal īhuān īcuauhyo. Its leaves and its stem are red (literally "Its leaves are red, with that (so is) its stem". nci Cāltiah īhuān quicōzolaquiah im piltōntli. They bathed the child and put him in a cradle. Notes When meaning "and", nci īhuān is a set phrase and doesn't agree in number or person with the elements it is coordinatingLauney Michel translated by Christopher Mackay An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl Cambridge University Press Cambridge 2011 242 : nci Oquichtin īhuān cihuah. Men and women. is different from nci Oquichtin īnhuān cihuah. Men with women. This also means that the first and second persons can also be coordinated with it. References Etymology 2 Plural, non-apocoped form of nci -uh possessive suffix. The -n element seems to be the same plural marker as in nci -tin plural absolutive suffix or nci quin- third person plural object prefix, them. The first element possibly is the same as in Etymology 1. Pronunciation nci /-waːn/ [-waːn̥] Suffix -huān nci suffix animate Used to form the plural of animate nouns in the possessive form. nci tonān our mother → nci tonāhuān our mothers nci notēouh my god → nci noteōhuān my gods nci īmāchcōcōl their ancestor → nci īmāchcōcōlhuān their ancestors Derived terms see :Category:Classical Nahuatl noun forms