xiurí

Huichol

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Classical Nahuatl axolotl.

Noun

xiurí (plural xiurísi)

1. axolotl

References

• McIntosh, Juan B., Grimes, José (1954) ꞌNiuqui ꞌïquisicayari: Vixárica niuquiyári, teivári niuquiyári hepáïsita = Vocabulario huichol-castellano, castellano-huichol‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 41