chiñ

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Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

From Proto-Pimic, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni.

Noun

chiñ (plural chiichiñ)

  1. mouth, snout, beak
  2. mouth (of a container)

References

  • Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎, electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 40