mauhcayotl. | Nahuatl Dictionary

Headword:

mauhcayotl.

Principal English Translation:

fear, terror (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

mauhcāyōtl

IPAspelling:

mɑwkɑːyoːtɬ

Frances Karttunen:

MAUHCĀYŌ-TL fear, terror / temor, timidez; terror, espanto, miedo (S) [(6)Zp. 72, 82, 119, 169, 175]. See MAUHCĀ-TL, -YŌ.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 140.