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Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mixtec *yúų̀.
Noun
ñuu
- pueblo, town, village
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec ñǔu, Chayuco Mixtec ñúú, San Juan Colorado Mixtec ñuú, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec ñúú.
Adverb
ñuu
- at night
Etymology 3
Cognate with San Juan Colorado Mixtec ñúú (“stir”), San Miguel el Grande Mixtec ñuu.
Verb
ñuu
- (transitive) shake
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ñuu
- life
References
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 67–68