ñuu ñaye vui

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Teposcolula Mixtec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Chayuco Mixtec ñuu ñiyɨvɨ, San Juan Colorado Mixtec ñuu ñàyɨ̀vɨ̀.

Noun[edit]

ñuu ñaye vui

  1. the world
    • 1593, Antonio de los Reyes, Arte en lengua mixteca (overall work in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 2:
      qndehe ñuu ñaye vui, acabarse ha el mundo
      the world has ended