wiꞌyé
Central Tarahumara
Alternative forms
- huiꞌyé
Etymology
Cognate with Mayo buiya, Huichol cuíe, Cora chuéj, Northern Tepehuan bídai, Southeastern Tepehuan bhiꞌñ, O'odham bid.
Noun
wiꞌyé
- earth, clay
Related terms
- wiꞌyee
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 37
- Hilton, K. Simón; Shoemaker, Wes (2016) Diccionario tarahumara actualizado (in Spanish), draft edition, SIL International, page 58