upí

See also: upi

Central Tarahumara

Etymology

Cognate with Mayo juubi (“wife”), Southeastern Tepehuan ubii (“woman”), O'odham ʼuwĭ, ʼuvĭ (“woman”).

Noun

upí (plural jubí)

1. wife

Related terms

• upé

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 76
• Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 54