yikin

Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *yɨkɨ̨ʔ.

Noun

yikin

1. squash

Derived terms

• ndikin yikin
• tichikin
• yikin iñu
• yikin yute
• yikin ñaꞌmi
• yuku yikin koo

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

yikin

1. maize kernel

   Synonyms: nuni yikin, yikin nuni

Derived terms

• nuni yikin
• yikin nuni

 

Etymology 3

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Adjective

yikin

1. young

   Synonym: yute

Derived terms

• yoo yikin

 

References

• Aguilar Feria, Martimiana, García Rojas, Vicente, Erickson de Hollenbach, Elena (2017) Diccionario mixteco de Magdalena Peñasco (Saꞌan Ñuu Savi) (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 50)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 631

Sinicahua Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *yɨkɨ̨ʔ.

Noun

yikin

1. squash

References

• Tutu ja ndee tnuꞌu suꞌva ja ka kaꞌan ndaka ñayivi ñuu Xini Kava = Pequeño diccionario ilustrado en el mixteco de San Antonio Sinicahua‎^[2], preliminary edition (overall work in Sinicahua Mixtec and Spanish), 2010, page 17