tojmitl

Guerrero Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare Pipil i-uhmiyu (“its fur; its feather”), Classical Nahuatl tōch-ohmitl (“rabbit fur”); Classical Nahuatl tohmitl (“fur”), Northern Puebla Nahuatl tohmitl (“wool”), Tlamacazapa Nahuatl tojmitl (“feather; wool”); Mecayapan Nahuatl tzojmiꞌ (“fur; feather”). The variation in initial consonants is unexplained.

Noun

tojmitl

1. blanket

Derived terms

• chotojmitl
• tojmiyoj

References

• Aburto, Pascual, Mason P., David (2005) Vocabulario comparativo del náhuatl de Guerrero y del náhuatl de Tlamacazapa‎^[1] (in Spanish), draft edition, page 138

Tlamacazapa Nahuatl

Etymology

Compare Pipil i-uhmiyu (“its fur; its feather”), Classical Nahuatl tōch-ohmitl (“rabbit fur”); Classical Nahuatl tohmitl (“fur”), Guerrero Nahuatl tojmitl (“blanket”), Northern Puebla Nahuatl tohmitl (“wool”); Mecayapan Nahuatl tzojmiꞌ (“fur; feather”). The variation in initial consonants is unexplained.

Noun

tojmitl

1. feather
2. wool

Derived terms

• tojmitlakentli
• tojmiyoj

References

• Aburto, Pascual, Mason P., David (2005) Vocabulario comparativo del náhuatl de Guerrero y del náhuatl de Tlamacazapa‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, pages 10, 12