misitu

Purepecha

Alternative forms

• miztu (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl miztōn.

Noun

misitu

1. cat

References

• Gilberti, Maturino (1559) Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan (in Spanish), Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 94r: “Gato. miztu.”
• Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

misitu

1. plural of msitu