pochotl

Alternative forms

• pochōtl (Carochi)
• po̱cho̱' (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poːtʃoːtɬ/
• (Mecayapan, Tatahuicapan) IPA^(key): /poːtʃoːʔ/

Noun

pōchōtl

1. silk-cotton tree, ceiba
   • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 121r

     mā ihuicpatzinco tihuiān intlàtòcācihuāpilli, in màyuhqui pochōtl, āhuēhuētl, ma itlantzinco titocehuālhuīcān

     vamonos à Nueſtra Señora; es à manera de arbol grande, y ſabino, pongamonos à ſu ſombra.

     Let us go to our Lady, she is like a great tree and cypress, let us put ourselves in her shade.

References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), trans. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 444–445
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 200
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 112, 222