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Cora
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl miztōn.
Noun
mistu (plural mistute)
- cat
References
- McMahon, Ambrosio, Aiton de McMahon, Maria (1959) Cora y español (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 2) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 45, 145
- Preuss, K. Th. (1935 June) “Wörterbuch Deutsch-Cora”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in German), volume VIII, number 2, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 81–102: “Katze mistun, mitu”
Latin
Verb
mistū
- ablative supine of misceō
San Juan Colorado Mixtec
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl miztōn.
Noun
mistú
- cat
Derived terms
References
- Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 28