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icoyoca.

Headword: 
icoyoca.
Principal English Translation: 

to roar, whir, crackle (see Karttunen); or for the following to make noise: a flame, or the coming of a mighty river, or the wind of a hurricane, or a buzz (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
ihkoyokɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

icoyoca. (pret. oycoyocac.) hazer ruido la llama del fuego, o la avenida rezia del rio, o el viento o huracan, o zumbar.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 33v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Frances Karttunen: 

IHCOYOCA to roar, whir, crackle / hacer ruido la llama del fuego o la avenidad recia del río, o el viento o huracán, o zumbar (M) [(2)Zp.109,158].
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 97.

themes: 
Weather, Climate