a̱yo̱tzi̱n

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *aayootl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *aya-wɨt-ta (“big tortoise”). Cognate with Pipil āyūtzin, Classical Nahuatl āyōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈjoːtsiːn/

Noun

a̱yo̱tzi̱n

1. turtle, tortoise

References

• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 18, 266