miccazayolin

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

miccaçaioli, miccaçayulin (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From micqui (“a corpse”) +‎ zāyōlin (“a fly”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mik.kaː.saːˈjoː.lin/, [mik̚.kaː.saːˈjóː.lin̥]

Noun

miccāzāyōlin (animate, plural miccāzāyōlmeh or miccāzāyōltin)

(it is) a large bloodsucking fly known to transmit disease.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 176r.
  Moſca grande. miccaçayulin.
  A large fly. miccaçayulin.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 5, paragraph 14
  inic mitoa miccaçaioli quil intonal in tomiccaoan
  It is called miccazayolin because it is said to be the fate of our corpses.

References

Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 272

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