tzojmiꞌ
Mecayapan Nahuatl
editEtymology
editC.f. Pipil i-uhmiyu (“its fur; its feather”), Classical Nahuatl tōch-ohmitl (“rabbit fur”); Classical Nahuatl tohmitl (“fur”), Northern Puebla Nahuatl tohmitl (“wool”). The variation in initial consonants is unexplained.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittzojmiꞌ (intrinsically possessed itzojmiyo)
- fur
- (intrinsically possessed) feather
- Synonym: piotzojmiꞌ
- (Mecayapan) blanket
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 198, 252