epazoyoh

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From epazōtl (“epazote”) +‎ -yoh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eˈpasoːjoʔ/

Noun

epazōyoh

Something having much epazote, or smelling of epazote.
- 1645, Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della:
  Tlémolli moca epaçōyò xicchīhuacan, hazed el guisado cõ mucho epaçote.
  (Make (pl.) the stew with a lot of epazote.)
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References

Frances Karttunen (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 78
Horacio Carochi (2001) James Lockhart, transl., Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pages 448–449

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