choquizzoh
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 22 December 2013
Alternative forms
- choquiço (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From chōquiztli (“weeping, tears”) + -yoh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃoːˈki.sːoʔ]
Noun
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
- (something tearful, full of tears): īxāyōyoh
Related terms
- chōquiliztli