wilú

See also: wilu

Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

• huirú

Etymology

Cognate with Mayo huiiru (“turkey vulture”).

Noun

wilú

1. vulture (clarification of this definition is needed)

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 36
• Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 57