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Teposcolula Mixtec
Etymology
From Proto-Mixtec *tiyįʔ.
Noun
tnii
- nail (fingernail or toenail)
- Synonym: (reverential) teyusiya
Derived terms
References
- Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 199v: “Vña.tnij.”
- Reyes, Antonio de los (1593) Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 86