Mixtec
[ mees-tek ]
/ ˈmis tɛk /
noun, plural Mix·tecs, (especially collectively) Mix·tec for 1.
a member of an Amerindian people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.
the Oto-Manguean language of the Mixtecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.
Also
Mixteco.
Origin of Mixtec
1840–50; < Mexican Spanish
mixteco < Nahuatl
mixtēcah, plural of
mixtēcatl person from
Mixtlān (
mix(tli) cloud +
-tlān locative suffix,
-tēcatl suffix of personal nouns)
OTHER WORDS FROM Mixtec
Mix·tec·an, adjective, nounExample sentences from the Web for mixtec
The priest, an excellent man, is a pure-blooded Mixtec indian, talking the language as his mother tongue.
In Indian Mexico (1908) |Frederick Starr
British Dictionary definitions for mixtec
Mixtec
/ (ˈmiːstɛk) /
noun
plural -tecs or -tec
a member of an American Indian people of Mexico
the language of this people