POHPOXŌN smallpox / viruela (Z) [(2)Zp.130,183]. In one of the attestations Z marks the vowel of the second syllable long. This appears to be related to POHPOXOĀ 'to turn something over' and implies *POHPOXŌN(I). M's puxactic 'something spongy' may also be relevant. Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 201.