xocotexxoh
Classical Nahuatl
editAlternative forms
edit- xocotexxo (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
editFrom xocotextli (“leaven”) + -yoh.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editxocotexxoh (inanimate)
- something leavened, leavened bread
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 154r:
- Leudado pan. tlaxocotexuilli.xocotexxotlaxcalli.
- Leavened bread. tlaxocotexuilli. xocotexxotlaxcalli.
Usage notes
edit- Usually found in the more specific compound xocotexxoh tlaxcalli (“leavened bread”).
References
edit- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa