ixpopoyotl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

īxtli "eye" + popoyōtl "decay"

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iːʃpopojoːtɬ/

Noun

īxpopoyōtl

  1. a blind person
    • 1547, Andrés de Olmos, Arte para aprender la lengua mexicana, ed. by Rémi Siméon (1875)
      Yxpopoyutl, ciego; nixpopoyutl, yo soy ciego.

Derived terms

References
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, p. 118.
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