tukuru
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Purepecha
Alternative forms
Etymology
A Wanderwort. C.f. Hopi tokori, O'odham cukuḍ, Northern Tepehuan tukúúrai, Southeastern Tepehuan tukuur, Classical Nahuatl tēcōlōtl, Mezquital Otomi tukru, Central Mazahua tuxculu, Yucatec Maya tunkuluchuj.
Pronunciation
Noun
tukuru
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 153: “tʰuʹkuru saʹpi”
- Gilberti, Maturino (1559) Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan (in Spanish), Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 63v: “Tucuru. el bobo.”
- Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 30r: “Buho. tucuru.”
- Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 110r: “Lechuza aue dela noche. tucuru. vel ſiquame”
- Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 14, 37: “tukuru”