Classical Nahuatl

Suffix

-yoh

1. (added to nouns) full of, covered in or with, made of, smelling of; designates a concrete thing that embodies or is invested with the qualities of another.

Examples:

xōchitl ‎(“flower”) → xōchiyoh ‎(“something flowery, full of flowers”)

zacatl ‎(“grass”) → zacayoh ‎(“something grassy, covered with grass”)

zoquitl ‎(“mud, clay”) → zoquiyoh ‎(“something muddy, covered with mud”)

Usage notes

This particle undergoes progressive assimilation (where a consonantal sound assimilates into the one that precedes it) in certain situations:

• After ch it becomes -choh

  ahhuachtli ‎(“dew”) → ahhuachchoh ‎(“something dewy, covered with dew”)

• After l it becomes -loh

  citlālin ‎(“star”) → citlālloh ‎(“something starry, full of stars”)

• After x it becomes -xoh

  nextli ‎(“ashes”) → nexxoh ‎(“something ashy, full of ashes”)

• After z it becomes -zoh

  eztli ‎(“blood”) → ezzoh ‎(“something bloody, covered with blood”)

Derived terms

Related terms

• -yō