Night

The Southern-Uto-Aztecan words for "night" are part of a family of etyma referring to "darkness", "blackness", and "charcoal".

Nahuatl

tikatlan "midnight"

yo:wa-l, yo:wa-k < *yɨwe "black"

Wixárika

tɨkáari "night"

yɨwikɨta /yɨwɨ-kɨ-ta/ /dark-instr-loc/ "at night, in the dark"

Náayeri

tɨ́ka'a. 1. En la noche; 2. Obscuridad. (Muñiz 2024:97)

Bascom 1965 231. *tuʔkaga-i 'darkness, night, NT tukagi, . ST tuʔkaaʔ,

Lionnet 1985#320 *tuku, "apagarse", tuka, "noche, obscuridad", ТЕР tuká-gai; O tuk-, Еn túku-; Y tuká-гiа, МА tukáа-ri; Vb túka-wári, Va tugá-o, ТА ruká-wari; TR tukú-r, "араgаdо ".