kꞌeñä

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kena"

Mezquital Otomi

Alternative forms

• kʼęñą́ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Otomi *kʔɛ̨yą, from Proto-Otomian [Term?], from Proto-Oto-Pamean *kʔĩ-mia, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *(n)(ʔ)yan³.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʼẽ̀ɲã/

Noun

kꞌëñä

1. snake

Derived terms

• do̱mxukꞌeñä
• kꞌastꞌakꞌeñä
• kꞌeñädehe
• masthe kꞌeñä
• mfoꞌye̱kꞌeñä
• mpu̱ngakꞌeñä
• ndähi kꞌeñä
• zatekꞌeñä
• ꞌbokꞌyä
• ꞌyofri kꞌeñä

 

References

• Andrews, Enriqueta (1950) Vocabulario otomí de Tasquillo, Hidalgo‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 14, 52
• 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)‎^[2] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 149