totopochtic
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From totopotza (“to toast, make crunchy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈtopot͡ʃtik/
Noun
totopochtic
- Something toasted or crunchy.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 151r. col. 1.
- Totopochtic. coſa muy toſtada,aſsi como pan,tortillas de mayz. &c.
- (Totopochtic. something very toasted, such as bread, maize tortillas, etc.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 151r. col. 1.
Synonyms
- totopochuācqui
Descendants
- Spanish: totoposte, totopo
References
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 249