tepojti

Mayo

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tepoztli (“metal”).

A doublet of tépuam (“axe”).

Noun

tepojti

1. branding iron

Derived terms

• tepójtitua

References

• Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 53, 189