Mayo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *ïca.

Verb edit

eecha

  1. (transitive) to sow, plant
    • 1996, Rafael García J., “Ju yukku [The rain]”, in Relatos yaqui = Kejiak nookim / Relatos mayo = Yoremmnok ettéjorim [Yaqui stories / Mayo stories], 1st reprint edition (overall work in Spanish), published 2002, →ISBN, page 98:
      Júnak táapo ju yoreme bátchita eechak.
      At that time the Mayo sowed maize.

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 97, 137