epazoyoh

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From epazōtl (“epazote”) +‎ -yoh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈpasoːjoʔ/

Noun

epazōyoh

1. Something having much epazote, or smelling of epazote.
   • 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della:

     Tlémolli moca epaçōyò xicchīhuacan, hazed el guisado cõ mucho epaçote.
     (Make (pl.) the stew with a lot of epazote.)

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References

• Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 78
• Horacio Carochi (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pages 448–449