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Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mixtec *yáʔáʔ.
Noun
yaꞌa
- chili pepper
Etymology 2
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Noun
yaꞌa
- eagle
Etymology 3
Cognate with Alcozauca Mixtec ya̱ꞌa, Chayuco Mixtec yaha, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yaha.
Verb
yaꞌa
- (intransitive) pass
Etymology 4
Cognate with San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yahā.
Noun
yaꞌa
- soot
Etymology 5
Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec yaha, San Juan Colorado Mixtec yaahá, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yáhá.
Adjective
yaꞌa
- brown
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 89–90
Zoogocho Zapotec
Noun
yaꞌa
- mountain
References
- Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38) (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 369