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, noun

Example 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

Derived forms of Mixtec

Mixtecan, adjective, noun