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-toc.
Headword:
-toc.
Principal English Translation:
to be lying down, spread out, possibly sleeping
Attestations from sources in English:
This suffix is found on many verbs ending in -toc that make it clear that a prone body is part of the compound. The verb toca also means to bury, which can imply a prone body:
toca, to bury, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toca
onotoc, to be lying down, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/onoctoc
cochtoc, to be lying down asleep, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cochtoc
tectoc, to lie spread out in a body, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tectoc
nantoc, to be lying down, stretched out, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nantoc
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