öxö

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cf. Northern Puebla Nahuatl axan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔaʃɔa]

Adverb

öxö

  1. now
    • 1941, Juana Méndez, R. S. Pittman, [Two Tetelcingo Nahuatl Folktales]:
      Yenicpea nobe tunali amo nitlacua hua caini oxo lalebiz niteucebe.
      I have already gone four days without eating and thus I am now very hungry.
  2. today

References

  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 4, 52, 171
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