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