tzóncal
Mecayapan Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate with Classical Nahuatl tzoncalli (“head of hair”). Equivalent to tzonti (“a hair”) + cajli (“house”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sonkal/
Noun
tzóncal
- hair
Derived terms
- a̱tzóncal
- sintzóncal
- tzoncalej
- tzoncalhuihuitani
- xi̱lo̱tzóncal
- yocsiꞌtzóncal
References
- Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 198, 220, 252