chaꞌmélowa

Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

• chaꞌmérohua (obsolete)

Etymology

From chaꞌmí (“lick”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

chaꞌmélowa

1. tongue

References

• Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101)‎^[1] (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 25
• Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 12