ñuu ñayevui
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Teposcolula Mixtec[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cf. Chayuco Mixtec ñuu ñiyɨvɨ, Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec ñuu ñayivi, San Juan Colorado Mixtec ñuu ñayɨvɨ.
Noun[edit]
- world, earth
- 1593, Antonio de los Reyes, Arte en lengua mixteca, Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889:
- sicañoho naho andevui ñuu ñayevui
- Heaven is very far from the earth.
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References[edit]
- Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 14v: “Mundo. ñuu ñayevui.”