'átsi
From SUALEX
Proto-Coracholan *'átsi "bat"
Attestations:
- Wixárika: 'átsi (Grimes & McMahon 1954:75 <'ási>).
- Náayeri:
- Chuistetyaka: átsi'i "murciélago" (Muñíz 2024:13); játzi'i "murciélago, bat" Pl. játzi'ise (Casad 2019:145)
- Kuáxa'taana: átsi's "murciélago" (Muñíz 2024:13)
- Proposal 1. This root may come from a PSUA root *patsi, which weakened /p/ to Proto-Corachol-Nahua /h/ hatsí and then /ʔ/, giving 'átsi.
- Proposal 2: This root may come from Proto-Corachol-Nahuan *tsoi "bat" with an added prefix, ʔa-/ha of unknown meaning.