tzóncal

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate with Classical Nahuatl tzoncalli (“head of hair”). Equivalent to tzonti (“a hair”) +‎ cajli (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sonkal/

Noun

tzóncal

1. hair

Derived terms

• a̱tzóncal
• sintzóncal
• tzoncalej
• tzoncalhuihuitani
• xi̱lo̱tzóncal
• yocsiꞌtzóncal

 

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 198, 220, 252