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Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mixtec *yúʔúʔ.
Noun
yuꞌu
- mouth
- language
- edge, border
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec yuhu, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yūhú.
Verb
yuꞌu
- (intransitive) be afraid
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., page 94