ydzu

Teposcolula Mixtec

Alternative forms

• idzu

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *ísù. For the sense "horse" cf. Classical Nahuatl mazātl.

Noun

ydzu

1. deer

   Synonym: ydzuyucu

2. horse
3. A constellation. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• dzayaidzu
• huahi idzu
• tayu idzu
• tniiidzu
• ydzu dzehe
• ydzu sitna
• ydzundeque
• ydzuyucu
• ydzuñeni

 

References

• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 28v: “Astillejo coſtelaçion.ydzu.”
• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 46v: “Cauallo. idzu.”
• Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 63r: “Cieruo animal. yudzu,^[sic] ydzuyucu.”