-yoh
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-yoh
- (added to nouns) full of, covered in or with, made of, smelling of; designates a concrete thing that embodies or is invested with the qualities of another.
- Examples:
Usage notes
[edit]This particle undergoes progressive assimilation (where a consonantal sound assimilates into the one that precedes it) in certain situations:
- After ch it becomes -choh
- ahhuachtli (“dew”) → ahhuachchoh (“something dewy, covered with dew”)
- After l it becomes -loh
- After x it becomes -xoh
- After z it becomes -zoh