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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From micqui (“a corpse”) + zāyōlin (“a fly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mik.kaː.saːˈjoː.lin/,
Noun
miccāzāyōlin (animate, plural miccāzāyōlmeh or miccāzāyōltin)
- (it is) a large bloodsucking fly known to transmit disease.
- 16C: Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 11, chapter 5, paragraph 14
- inic mitoa miccaçaioli quil intonal in tomiccaoan
- It is called miccazayolin because it is said to be the fate of our corpses.
References
- Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 272