tzojmiꞌ

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

C.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

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sohmiʔ/

Noun

tzojmiꞌ (intrinsically possessed itzojmiyo)

  1. fur
  2. (intrinsically possessed) feather
    Synonym: piotzojmiꞌ
  3. (Mecayapan) blanket

Derived terms

References

  • 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
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