zayolin

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːjoːlin/

Noun

zayolin

1. fly

Derived terms

• neczayolin
• zayolatl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• çayulin, zāyōlin (obsolete spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːjoːlin/

Noun

zāyōlin

1. A fly.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mexicana, f. 176r:

     Moſca volatile conocida. çayulin.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• cuauhneuczayolin
• miccazayolin
• neuczayolin

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 268.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 347.