totopochtic

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From totopotza (“to toast, make crunchy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈtopot͡ʃtik/

Noun

totopochtic

1. Something toasted or crunchy.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 151r. col. 1:

     Totopochtic. coſa muy toſtada,aſsi como pan,tortillas de mayz. &c.
     (Totopochtic. something very toasted, such as bread, maize tortillas, etc.

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Synonyms

• totopochuācqui

Descendants

• Spanish: totoposte, totopo

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 249