uakasï
Purepecha edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish vacas (“cows”), plural of vaca (“cow”), from Latin vacca. C.f. Classical Nahuatl huācax.
Noun edit
uakasï
- ox, steer
- 1975, [Instituto Lingüístico de Verano], Frases sencillas, tarasco-español[1], 3rd edition, page 22:
- Tata Rafá käsʌndi ambaɹati uakasʌchani.
- Don Rafael has many good oxen.
References edit
- Chamoreau, Claudine (2003) Purépecha de Jarácuaro, Michoacán (Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México; 25)[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Colegio de México, →ISBN, page 147: “waʹkašɨ”
- [Instituto Lingüístico de Verano] (1975) Frases sencillas, tarasco-español[3] (in Spanish), third edition, page 23: “uákasʌ[sic]”
- Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 16, 22: “uakasï”