-iyaca. | Nahuatl Dictionary

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-iyaca.

Headword:

-iyaca.

Principal English Translation:

the stench of something (a necessarily possessed form; see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants:

-ihyāca

IPAspelling:

-ihyɑːkɑ

Frances Karttunen:

-IHYĀCA necessarily possessed form the stench of something / hediondez (C) [(2)Cf.49v]. This contrasts with the element ĪYACA- to be found in some compounds and having to do with noses or points, as in M’s iyacamecayo ‘(horse’s) bridle.´ The latter is formed from YAC(A)-TL ‘nose’ with the possessive prefix Ī-. See (I)HYĀYA.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 102.

themes:

Sensory Perception (sound, smell, etc.)