eecha

Mayo

FWOTD – 15 February 2020

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *ïca.

Verb

eecha

(transitive) to sow, plant
- 1996, Rafael García J., “Ju yukku [The rain]”, in Relatos yaqui = Kejiak nookim / Relatos mayo = Yoremmnok ettéjorim [Yaqui stories / Mayo stories], 1st reprint edition (overall work in Spanish), published 2002, →ISBN, page 98:
  Júnak táapo ju yoreme bátchita eechak.
  At that time the Mayo sowed maize.

Related terms

eechi
etléero
etta

References

Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎ (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 97, 137

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