Chicahuaxtla Triqui

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish arroz, from Andalusian Arabic الرَّوْز (ar-rawz), from Arabic أَرُزّ (ʔaruzz, rice), from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Iranian language.

Noun

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aru²

  1. rice

References

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  • Good, Claude (1979) Diccionario triqui de Chicahuaxtla: Triqui - Castellano, Castellano - Triqui (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), second edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 11