kuaan

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *kʷaą.

Adjective

kuaan

1. yellow
2. pallid, pale, ashen

Derived terms

• kaa kuaan

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *kʷáą́.

Verb

kuaan (present jaan)

1. (transitive) buy

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 34