ñꞌi

Mezquital Otomi

FWOTD – 21 May 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Otomi *nʔi, from Proto-Otomian *ʔi, from Proto-Oto-Pamean *(m)ʔi, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ʔki³.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʔì/

Noun

ñꞌi

1. chili pepper
2. sauce

Adjective

ñꞌi

1. spicy

Derived terms

• pañꞌi
• ñꞌikꞌni
• ñꞌitꞌi
• ñꞌitꞌo

 

References

• Hernández Cruz, Luis, Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎^[1] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 279