ixpopoyotl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• yxpopoyutl

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

• cihuatotolixpopoyotl

References

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