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Noun
máaye (plural máayesi)
- mountain lion (Puma concolor)
References
- McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1954) ꞌNiuqui ꞌïquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 15
- McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1996) ꞌNiuqui ꞌïiquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol (in Spanish), unpublished edition, page 13