Naxistjë

Chiquihuitlán Mazatec

Etymology

naxi (“mountain”) +‎ tsjë (“guaje”). Cf. Classical Nahuatl Huāxacac (“place of guaje-nose”).

Proper noun

Naxistjë

1. Oaxaca (a city, the state capital of Oaxaca, Mexico)

References

• Jamieson Capen, Carole (1996) Diccionario mazateco de Chiquihuitlán, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 34)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 61, 316