ñuunuuyutnu
Teposcolula Mixtec
Etymology
ñuu (“city”) + nuu (“in front of”) + yutnu (“tree”); a calque of Classical Nahuatl Cuauhnāhuac (literally “near the trees”).
Proper noun
ñuunuuyutnu
- Cuernavaca (a city, the state capital of Morelos, Mexico)
References
- Reyes, Antonio de los (1593) Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 93