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Central Tarahumara
Etymology 1
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Verb
kasí
- (intransitive) break apart
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kapsi.
Noun
kasí
- thigh
- leg
Derived terms
References
- Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101) (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 19
- Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 22