mo̱ycoy

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Highland Popoluca [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːjkoj/

Noun

mo̱ycoy

1. A kind of plant from which a fish poison is extracted. (clarification of this definition is needed)

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 97, 218