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Purepecha
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish vacas (“cows”), plural of vaca (“cow”), from Latin vacca. C.f. Classical Nahuatl huācax.
Noun
uakasï
- ox, steer
1975, , Frases sencillas, tarasco-español, 3rd edition, page 22:Tata Rafá käsʌndi ambaɹati uakasʌchani.- Don Rafael has many good oxen.
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 147: “waʹkašɨ”
- (1975) Frases sencillas, tarasco-español (in Spanish), third edition, page 23: “uákasʌ”
- Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 16, 22: “uakasï”