uakasï

Purepecha

Alternative forms

• uakasʌ (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vacas (“cows”), plural of vaca (“cow”), from Latin vacca. C.f. Classical Nahuatl huācax.

Noun

uakasï

1. ox, steer
   • 1975, [Instituto Lingüístico de Verano], Frases sencillas, tarasco-español‎^[1], 3rd edition, page 22:

     Tata Rafá käsʌndi ambaɹati uakasʌchani.

     Don Rafael has many good oxen.

References

• Chamoreau, Claudine (2003) Purépecha de Jarácuaro, Michoacán (Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México; 25)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Colegio de México, →ISBN, page 147: “waʹkašɨ”
• [Instituto Lingüístico de Verano] (1975) Frases sencillas, tarasco-español‎^[3] (in Spanish), third edition, page 23: “uákasʌ^[sic]”
• Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha‎^[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 16, 22: “uakasï”