mistu

See also: mi̱stu

Cora

Etymology

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

Noun

mistu (plural mistute)

1. cat

References

• McMahon, Ambrosio, Aiton de McMahon, Maria (1959) Cora y español (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 2)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 45, 145
• Preuss, K. Th. (1935 June) “Wörterbuch Deutsch-Cora”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in German), volume VIII, number 2, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 81–102: “Katze mistun, mitu”

Latin

Verb

mistū

1. ablative supine of misceō

San Juan Colorado Mixtec

Alternative forms

• mixtu

Etymology

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

Noun

mistú

1. cat

Derived terms

• mistu cuhu

References

• Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 28