wichá
See also: Wicha and wičhá
Central Tarahumara
Alternative forms
- huichá
Etymology
Cognate with Mayo huitcha (“spine”), Classical Nahuatl huitztli (“spine”).
Noun
wichá
- needle (clarification of this definition is needed)
References
- Hilton, K. Simón (1993) Diccionario tarahumara de Samachique, Chihuahua, México (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 101) (in Spanish), special corrected and updated edition, Tucson: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 34
- Hilton, K. Simón; Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 56