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Purepecha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɨˈruki/, /ʃɨˈruki/
Noun
sïruki
- ant
Derived terms
References
- Chamoreau, Claudine (2003) Purépecha de Jarácuaro, Michoacán (Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México; 25) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Colegio de México, →ISBN, page 152: “šɨʹruki”
- Gilberti, Maturino (1559) Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan (in Spanish), Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 43r: “Siruqui. hormiga generalmente.”
- Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 102r: “Hormiga animal. ſiruqui.xancharu.”
- Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 28: “sïruki”