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Central Tarahumara
Etymology 1
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Adverb
riwí
- uphill
Etymology 2
Cf. Classical Nahuatl ithui.
Verb
riwí
- (intransitive) appear
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 63
- Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 45