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Southeastern Tepehuan
Etymology
From Proto-Pimic, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tïni.
Noun
chiñ (plural chiichiñ)
- mouth, snout, beak
- 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