winomí

Central Tarahumara

Alternative forms

• huinomí (obsolete)

Etymology

Cf. O'odham vainom (“metal; iron”), Northern Tepehuan vaiñómi (“iron”), Southeastern Tepehuan baiñum (“iron”).

Noun

winomí

1. money

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 35
• Hilton, K. Simón with Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado‎^[2] (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 58