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Chayuco Mixtec
Etymology 1
Cognate with San Juan Colorado Mixtec iñu, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec iñu, Yosondúa Mixtec iñu.
Noun
iñu
- spine
Etymology 2
From Proto-Mixtec *iyǫ.
Numeral
iñu
- six
References
- Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, pages 17, 95, 149
Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec iñu, San Juan Colorado Mixtec iñu, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec iñu.
Noun
iñu
- spine
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Mixtec *iyǫ.
Numeral
iñu
- six
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., page 10