"Tsitsimat" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Highland Popoluca]

IPA: /t͡siˈt͡simat/
Etymology: Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tzitzimitl (a kind of female demon that descends from the sky to eat people during solar eclipses), Mecayapan Nahuatl tzitzimiꞌ (“devil, Satan”). Etymology templates: {{bor|poi|azc-nah}} Nahuan, {{cog|nci|tzitzimitl|pos=a kind of female demon that descends from the sky to eat people during solar eclipses}} Classical Nahuatl tzitzimitl (a kind of female demon that descends from the sky to eat people during solar eclipses), {{cog|nhx|tzitzimiꞌ|t=devil, Satan}} Mecayapan Nahuatl tzitzimiꞌ (“devil, Satan”) Head templates: {{head|poi|proper noun}} Tsitsimat
  1. a mythological being like a witch with a single central breast
    Sense id: en-Tsitsimat-poi-name-wIYe7XVv Categories (other): Highland Popoluca entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1947, Fermín Gutiérrez, Ben Elson, “The Homshuk: A Sierra Popoluca Text”, in Tlalocan: A Journal of Source Materials on the Native Cultures of Mexico, volume II, number 3, pages 193–214",
          "text": "1. ȼiˌȼimat¹ tuum ˌčoomo ˀitʸ-ˌˀidʸʌk² kooȼʌkˌhoom.",
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