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Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mixtec *tiyįʔ.
Noun
jniñu
- fingernail
Etymology 2
From Proto-Mixtec *tíyǫ́.
Noun
jniñu
- work
- business
Derived terms
Etymology 3
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Noun
jniñu
- issue, matter
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 18–19