Tsina:ka

/tsina:ka/, /tsina:kan/, "bat" in many Nahuan languages.

Attestations: This is the most widely attested word for "bat" in Nahuan languages. Attested also in many toponyms: E.g. San Miguel Zinacatepec, near Cuetzalan Puebla, and San Lorenzo Zinacantán, Chiapas.

Molina (1571:??): <tzinacan>

Karttunen (1983:312): <tzinācan>

Florentine: ?

Variant forms:

tsona:ka (Tetelcingo: tzonöcatl (Pittman 1971:67; Lastra 1986), San Agustín Oapan (Lastra 1986))

Etymology: It is derived from Pre-Nahua *tsoinaika, which in turn comes from PSUA *sopi(tsi) "bat" (or "butterfly") + PSUA *naika "mouse".

PSUA *sopi+*naika

Pre-Corachol-Nahua *tsohi-naika

Pre-Nahuan *tsoi-naika

Proto-Nahuatl *tsina:ka

Nahuan: tsina:ka