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San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
Etymology 1
Cognate with Guerrero Amuzgo xjo.
Pronunciation
Noun
xjo (plural ncjo)
- metal
- machete
- Synonym: xjotꞌua
- motor vehicle
Derived terms
References
- Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44) (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 280: “xjo (b) […] [pl.: ncjo (b)]”
- Tapia García, L. Fermín (1999) Tzoⁿ ʼtzíkindyi jñò nd'a Tzjóⁿ Noà yo jñò tzko = Diccionario amuzgo-español: El amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (in Spanish), CIESAS, →ISBN, page 269: “Xjò (1) […] [pl. nkjò (1)]”
Etymology 2
Cognate with Guerrero Amuzgo xjo.
Pronunciation
Noun
xjo (plural ncyjo)
- An older female relative: older sister, aunt, older female cousin.
Coordinate terms
- xio (“older male relative”)
References
- Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44) (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 280: “xjo (m)”
- Tapia García, L. Fermín (1999) Tzoⁿ ʼtzíkindyi jñò nd'a Tzjóⁿ Noà yo jñò tzko = Diccionario amuzgo-español: El amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (in Spanish), CIESAS, →ISBN, page 269: “Xjo (3)”