chioꞌñ

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with O'odham ceoj (“young man, boy”), Central Tarahumara rijoy.

Noun

chioꞌñ (plural chichioꞌñ)

1. man (adult male)

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎^[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 41