ayotzin

== Pipil == === Etymology === From at (“water”) +‎ -yot (“a thing abundantly owning...”) +‎ -tzin (“diminutive”). From Proto-Nahuan *aayoo-tl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *ayo-wït-ta (“big tortoise”). Cognate with Classical Nahuatl āyōtl (“turtle, tortoise”). === Pronunciation === (standard) IPA(key): /aˈjut͡siŋ/ === Noun === ayotzin (plural ayotzitzin or ayotzitzinmet) turtle, tortoise