bhai

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Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology 1

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan báji, O'odham bahi, Mayo buasia, Hopi kwasi (penis).

Noun

bhai (plural bhaabhai)

  1. tail

Etymology 2

Cognate with O'odham s-bahi, Mayo buassi.

Adjective

bhai

  1. cooked
  2. ripe

References

  • Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[1], electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 32