túpu

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Purepecha

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túpu

  1. navel

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 155:ʹtupu
  • Gilberti, Maturino (1559) Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan (in Spanish), Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 64r:Tûpu. ombligo.
  • Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 130r:Ombligo. tupu.
  • Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 14, 32:túpu