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Maratino
Etymology
Clearly related in some way to Nahuatl cihuatl; Campbell considers the Marantino term a borrowing of the Nahuatl term; Swanton had considered Marantino Uto-Aztecan based on the idea that they were cognate.
Noun
chiguat
- woman
References
- Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America →ISBN, 2000): Maratino chiguat 'woman' is a borrowing from Aztec siwa:tl, as is peyot 'peyote' (from Nahuatl peyotl).