tepojti
Mayo
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; c.f. Classical Nahuatl tepoztli (“metal”).
A doublet of tépuam (“axe”).
Noun
tepojti
- 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) (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 53, 189