Yosondúa Mixtec edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Mixtec *yúʔúʔ.

Noun edit

yuꞌu

  1. mouth
  2. language
  3. edge, border
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec yuhu, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec yūhú.

Verb edit

yuꞌu

  1. (intransitive) be afraid

References edit

  • 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)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 94