wiꞌyé

Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

• huiꞌyé

Etymology

Cognate with Mayo buiya, Huichol cuíe, Cora chuéj, Northern Tepehuan bídai, Southeastern Tepehuan bhiꞌñ, O'odham bid.

Noun

wiꞌyé

1. earth, clay

Related terms

• wiꞌyee

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 37
• Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 58