tzikat
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tsiːka-. Compare Classical Nahuatl tzīcatl (“ant”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ˈt͡siːkat/
- (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ˈt͡siːɣat/
Noun
tzīkat (plural tzijtzīkat)
- ant
- Nitaksak ijpak se tzikatal wan nechtzupinket ne tzijtzikat
- I stepped on an ant colony and got bitten by the ants