toloatzin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl toloatzin. Doublet of toloache.

Noun

toloatzin (uncountable)

  1. Toloache (Datura inoxia)

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From toloa (“bow one's head”) +‎ -tzin (“honorific/diminutive”)

Noun

toloatzin

  1. A hallucinogenic plant of species Datura inoxia, often confused with Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), another hallucinogenic plant.

Descendants

  • → Spanish: toloache

References

  • "toloatzin", Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2009-2025). «Gran Diccionario Náhuatl». gdn.iib.unam.mx (Electronic Dictionary). Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, México.
  • Alexis Wimmer (2006-2025), “malinal.net”, in Dictionnaire de la langue Nahuatl Classique [Classical Nahuatl Language Dictionary] (in French)
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