ixpopoyotl
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- yxpopoyutl
Etymology
īxtli "eye" + popoyōtl "decay"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːʃpopojoːtɬ/
Noun
īxpopoyōtl
- a blind person
- 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
- Yxpopoyutl, ciego; nixpopoyutl, yo soy ciego.
- 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
Derived terms
- cihuatotolixpopoyotl
References
- Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 118.