yɨkɨ

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto yɨkɨ and Nüpode Huitoto yɨkɨ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɯkɯ]
• Hyphenation: yɨ‧kɨ

Root

yɨkɨ

1. fish

Derived terms

• yɨkɨaɨ
• yɨkɨde

 

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 197

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *yɨ́kɨ́ʔ.

Noun

yɨkɨ

1. bone

Derived terms

• yɨkɨ jata
• yɨkɨ jika
• yɨkɨ jitɨ
• yɨkɨ kaꞌa
• yɨkɨ ndoo
• yɨkɨ ndɨvɨ
• yɨkɨ nuu
• yɨkɨ sukun jaꞌa
• yɨkɨ xini
• yɨkɨ xini jitɨ
• yɨkɨ yakuin

 

Etymology 2

Noun

yɨkɨ

1. cubit

Etymology 3

Cf. San Juan Colorado Mixtec yɨquɨ tucú, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yɨquɨ tɨ́cuɨ́.

Noun

yɨkɨ

1. needle
2. injection

Derived terms

• chiꞌi yɨkɨ

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[2] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 91–92