Naxistjë
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Chiquihuitlán Mazatec
[edit]Etymology
[edit]naxi (“mountain”) + tsjë (“guaje”). Cf. Classical Nahuatl Huāxacac (“place of guaje-nose”).
Proper noun
[edit]Naxistjë
- Oaxaca (a city, the state capital of Oaxaca, Mexico)
References
[edit]- Jamieson Capen, Carole (1996) Diccionario mazateco de Chiquihuitlán, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 34)[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 61, 316