kasí

See also: kasi, Kasi, kaşı, kaši, kaší, kaŝi, kāsi, kāsī, käsi, and kāši

Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

• casí (obsolete)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

kasí

1. (intransitive) break apart

Derived terms

• kasina

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kapsi.

Noun

kasí

1. thigh
2. leg

Derived terms

• kasibacha
• kasimóbachi
• kasimochi

 

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 19
• Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 22