kɨ́vai

Northern Tepehuan

Alternative forms

• kʌ́vai (obsolete)

Etymology

Cognate with Southeastern Tepehuan kɨb (“ice”).

Noun

kɨ́vai

1. snow
   • 1947, Alfabeto tepehuana‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6:

     k kʌ́vai

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. ice
3. frost

Derived terms

• ííkomai kɨváígadɨ
• kɨváápɨkɨi
• kɨ́vai vasóógadɨ
• kɨ́vai vuupúídɨ, vuupúídɨ kɨ́vai
• kɨváívɨli
• kɨváíñikami
• sóósodɨ kɨ́vai
• tukúúkɨ kɨ́vai
• tɨváági kɨváígadɨ

 

References

• Bascom, Burt, Molina, Gregorio (1998) Diccionario tepehuán de Baborigame, Chihuahua‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 132