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tukuru

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Purepecha

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A Wanderwort. C.f. Hopi tokori, O'odham cukuḍ, Northern Tepehuan tukúúrai, Southeastern Tepehuan tukuur, Classical Nahuatl tēcōlōtl, Mezquital Otomi tukru, Central Mazahua tuxculu, Yucatec Maya tunkuluchuj.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tukuru

  1. owl

References

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  • Chamoreau, Claudine (2003) Purépecha de Jarácuaro, Michoacán (Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México; 25)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Colegio de México, →ISBN, page 153:tʰuʹkuru saʹpi
  • Gilberti, Maturino (1559) Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan (in Spanish), Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 63v:Tucuru. el bobo[sic].
  • Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 30r:Buho. tucuru.
  • Gylberti, Maturino (1559) Aqui comiença el Vocabulario enla lengua Castellana y Mechuacana (in Spanish), Mexico: Iuan Pablos Bressano, page 110r:Lechuza aue dela noche. tucuru. vel ſiquame
  • Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 14, 37:tukuru