batoop

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa (“water”). Cognate with Northern Tepehuan vatóópa, O'odham vatopĭ.

Noun

batoop (plural boptop)

1. fish

References

• Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎^[1], electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 19