cuichchoh

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

cuichcho, cuicho (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From cuichtli (“soot”) +‎ -yoh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cuichchoh (inanimate)

Something sooty; covered in soot.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 141:
  Holliniento de hollin. cuichcho. calcuichcho.
  sooty with soot. cuichcho. calcuichcho.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 71r. col. 1:
  Holliniento. cuichcho . calcuicho.
  sooty. cuichcho. calcuicho.
- Idem, f. 26v. col. 2.
  Cuicho . holliniento.
  Cuicho. sooty.

Synonyms

calcuichchoh

References

Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 71, 26

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