tzojmiꞌ

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

C.f. Pipil i-uhmiyu (“its fur; its feather”), Classical Nahuatl tōch-ohmitl (“rabbit fur”); Classical Nahuatl tohmitl (“fur”), Northern Puebla Nahuatl tohmitl (“wool”). The variation in initial consonants is unexplained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sohmiʔ/

Noun

tzojmiꞌ (intrinsically possessed itzojmiyo)

1. fur
2. (intrinsically possessed) feather

   Synonym: piotzojmiꞌ

3. (Mecayapan) blanket

Derived terms

• i̱xtzojmiꞌ
• ma̱tzojmitecuisij
• piotzojmiꞌ
• tzojmiyoj

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, 252