avoóñi

Northern Tepehuan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.

Noun

avoóñi (plural avovóóñi)

1. soap

Derived terms

• avoóñitai
• avooñimadai

References

• Bascom, Burt, Molina, Gregorio (1998) Diccionario tepehuán de Baborigame, Chihuahua‎^[1] (in Spanish), draft edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22