Mexihco

Central Nahuatl Alternative forms Cholula nhn Mexico Texcoco nhn Mexihko Tlaxcala nhn Mexiko Pronunciation nhn [meːˈʃíʔ.ko] Proper noun Mexihco loc nhn country cont/North America Mexico nhn state c/Mexico México Derived terms nhn mexihcatl Category:Milpa Alta Central Nahuatl Classical Nahuatl Etymology nci. Popularly thought to derive from a nci mētztli xīctli -co moon navel locative suffix 1, which would yield nci *Mēxxīcco place on the moon’s navel. The form Mēxihco would thus imply the degemination of [ʃː] and the dissimilation of [kk] to [ʔk], with the appearance of the glottal stop automatically triggering the shortening of the preceding [iː] to [i]. Pronunciation nci [meːˈʃiʔ.ko] Proper noun Mēxihco loc nci Tenochtitlan Q13695 nci Tenochtitlan Derived terms nci mēxihcatl mēxihcopa mēxihcopahuīc Descendants es México 1 References Frances Karttunen 1992 An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl University of Oklahoma Press 145