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Mezquital Otomi
Etymology
A Wanderwort. Cf. Hopi tokori, O'odham cukuḍ, Northern Tepehuan tukúúrai, Southeastern Tepehuan tukuur, Classical Nahuatl tēcōlōtl, Central Mazahua tuxculu, Purepecha tukuru, Yucatec Maya tunkuluchuj.
Noun
túkru
- owl
References
- Andrews, Enriqueta (1950) Vocabulario otomí de Tasquillo, Hidalgo (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 31, 78
- Hernández Cruz, Luis, Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45) (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 325