ijillo

From Nahuatl ihiotl, ihiyotl (“breath”).

• Syllabification: i‧ji‧llo

ijillo m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) death odor; human cadaveric odor

   Synonym: (Nicaragua) lejillo

2. (colloquial, Honduras) An illness or poor health caused by the human cadaveric odor during a wake

• “ijillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
• “ijillo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010