choquizzoh
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Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- choquiço (obsolete spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From chōquiztli (“weeping, tears”) + -yoh.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chōquizzoh
- something tearful, full of tears
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 21v. col. 2:
- Choquiço. coſa lloroſa, o llena delloro.
- Choquiço. something tearful, or full of weeping.
- (figuratively) something worth crying about, a lamentable situation
Synonyms[edit]
- (something tearful, full of tears): īxāyōyoh