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Proto-Coracholan ''*'átsi'' "bat". 

'''Attestations''':
:*Wixárika ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>átsi''
:Náayeri 
::Chuistestyaka: ''átsi'i'' "murciélago" (Muñíz 2024:13); ''játzi'i'' "murciélago, bat" Pl. ''játzi'ise''
::Kuáxa'taana:  ''átsi's'' "murciélago" (Muñíz 2024:13)

'''[[Bat|Etymology]]''': 
:'''Proposal 1'''. This root may come from a PSUA root *''[[patsi]]'', which weakened /p/ to Proto-Corachol-Nahua /h/ ''hatsí'' and then /ʔ/, giving  ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>átsi''.

:'''Proposal 2''': This root may come from Proto-Corachol-Nahuan *''tsoi'' "bat" with an added prefix, ''ʔa-/ha'' of unknown meaning. 

[[Category:Proto-Corachol roots]]