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)

fur
(intrinsically possessed) feather
Synonym: piotzojmiꞌ
(Mecayapan) blanket

Derived terms

i̱xtzojmiꞌ
ma̱tzojmitecuisij
piotzojmiꞌ
tzojmiyoj

References

Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 198, 252

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