mistuʼ

Isthmus Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl miztōn, miztō, from miztli (“mountain lion”) +‎ -tōn (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmìstúʔ/

Noun

mistuʼ

  1. cat

Derived terms

References

  • Pickett, Velma, et al. (2013) Vocabulario zapoteco del Istmo: Zapoteco-español y español-zapoteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionaries indígenas “Mariano Silva y Acevas”; 3)‎[1] (in Spanish), fifth (electronic) edition, second version edition, Insituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 19
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