popoca

See also: Popoca and popo̱ca

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• popo̱ca (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [po.ˈpoː.kaˀ]

Verb

popoca

1. (intransitive) To smoke; emit smoke.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 143r:

     Humear. ni, popoca.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• Popocatepetl

References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 203
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1], 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, archived from the original on 5 February 2007, pages 113, 239