ydzu
Teposcolula Mixtec
Alternative forms
- idzu
Etymology
From Proto-Mixtec *ísù. For the sense "horse" cf. Classical Nahuatl mazātl.
Noun
ydzu
- deer
- Synonym: ydzuyucu
- horse
- A constellation. (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- dzayaidzu
- huahi idzu
- tayu idzu
- tniiidzu
- ydzu dzehe
- ydzundeque
- ydzu sitna
- ydzuyucu
- ydzuñeni
References
- Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 28v: “Astillejo coſtelaçion.ydzu.”
- Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 46v: “Cauallo. idzu.”
- Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 63r: “Cieruo animal. yudzu,[sic] ydzuyucu.”