ñuunuuyutnu

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Teposcolula Mixtec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ñuu (“city”) +‎ nuu (“in front of”) +‎ yutnu (“tree”); a calque of Classical Nahuatl Cuauhnāhuac (literally “near the trees”).

Proper noun[edit]

ñuunuuyutnu

  1. Cuernavaca (a city, the state capital of Morelos, Mexico)

References[edit]

  • Reyes, Antonio de los (1593) Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 93
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