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

1. 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