ñuunduhuaita

Teposcolula Mixtec

Etymology

ñuu (“city”) +‎ nduhua (“plain”) +‎ ita (“flower”); calque of Classical Nahuatl Xōchimīlco (literally “flower field place”).

Proper noun

ñuunduhuaita

  1. Xochimilco (a former city in Mexico).

References
  • Reyes, Antonio de los (1593) Arte en lengua mixteca (in Spanish), Alençon: Typographie E. Renaut-De Broise, published 1889, page 92
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