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

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
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