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Classical Nahuatl
- oxitl (obsolete spelling)
Etymology
Related to ohza (“to anoint, smear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ohxitl (inanimate)
- a turpentine-based unguent
- 16th century, Bernardino de Sahagún, Florentine Codex, book 1, f. ? col. ?
yn oxitl ynacaio muchioaia- from her substance, turpentine was made
- Idem, f. 78v. col. 2.
- Oxitl. vnguento hecho de trementina.
- Oxitl. an unguent made from turpentine.
Derived terms
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 115v, 78v