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tzoyo.

Headword: 
tzoyo.
Principal English Translation: 

dirty, unclean, impure, soiled, covered in filth (see also tzoyotl)

Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing A. Wimmer (2004), "Sale, malpropre, impur, souillé, couvert d'ordures," who also adds the example in Nahuatl: "ahmo canel tzôyoh" and translates it: "parfait, accompli, sans tache, nullement impur" (perfect, complete, without stain, in no way impure;" passages in French are translated to English here by Stephanie Wood

themes: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness (or lack of)
See also: 
tzoyotl.