Contionary:totón

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Ganymedian

Etymology

From toto +‎ -ono; reason for the deletion of final vowel unclear, though Sanders (2257) posits an origin in earlier totono (regular augmentative of toto), which then split into totón and dialectal tono "fatty" to split the two meanings.

Pronunciation

Noun

totón class I (plural watotón)

  1. a good person, a great man
    Papá ye ni totón.
    Her father is a great man.
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