ñꞌi
Mezquital Otomi
FWOTD – 21 May 2019
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲʔì/
Etymology
From Proto-Otomi *nʔi, from Proto-Otomian *ʔi, from Proto-Oto-Pamean *(m)ʔi, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ʔki³.
Noun
ñꞌi
- chili pepper
- sauce
Adjective
ñꞌi
- spicy
Derived terms
- pañꞌi
- ñꞌikꞌni
- ñꞌitꞌi
- ñꞌitꞌo
References
- Hernández Cruz, Luis; Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45) (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 279