popoca

See also: Popoca and popo̱ca

Nahuatl

Alternative forms

popo̱ca (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /popoːka/

Verb

popoca

(intransitive) To smoke; emit smoke.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 143r
  Humear. ni,popoca.

Derived terms

Popocatepetl

References

Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 203
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 113, 239

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