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Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include Minica Huitoto yɨkɨ and Nüpode Huitoto yɨkɨ.
Pronunciation
Root
yɨkɨ
- fish
Derived terms
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 197
Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mixtec *yɨ́kɨ́ʔ.
Noun
yɨkɨ
- bone
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
yɨkɨ
- cubit
Etymology 3
Cf. San Juan Colorado Mixtec yɨquɨ tucú, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yɨquɨ tɨ́cuɨ́.
Noun
yɨkɨ
- needle
- injection
Derived terms
References
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 91–92