tzónyoc

tzonyôc, locatif sur tzonyô-tl.

Sommet, faite, combe.

* à la forme possédée. " tepêtl îtzonyôc ou îtzonyôc in tepêtl ", au sommet ou à la cime de la montagne.

tzonyôtl:

Sommet, cime, point culminant.

* à la forme possédée. " îtzonyo ", son sommet.

* au locatif, tzonyôc, à son sommet. " tepêtl îtzonyôc ", au sommet ou à la cime de la montagne.

(Sp. model spelled same [t∫óŋgo], of uncertain origin. Cabrera hypothesizes that it comes from the Nahuatl tzónyoc 'hair on top' < tzontli 'hair' plus yoh 'abundant' plus c 'place')

   1) DARE: 1967. "A woman's bun; a top-knot."

   2) Carlisle: 1913. Carlisle glosses it as "a pigtail worn by the older Isleta Pueblo Indians."

   3) New Mexico: 1893. Apparently by extension from (2), a steer with a drooping horn; the horn itself. Glossed in the DARE and the DM as a hairstyle in which the hair is twisted into a ball and secured on the back of the head. The DRAE also notes that in the Dominican Republic it can mean a common or poor-quality horse. No Spanish source references (3), however.