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Otomi|əʊtəˈmiː|
Pl. Otomi, Otomies.
[Sp., f. Nahuatl Otomí.]
A (member of an) Indian people inhabiting parts of central Mexico; also the language of the Otomi. Also attrib. or as adj.
1787C. Cullen tr. Clavigero's Hist. Mexico I. ii. 105 The Mazahuas were once a part of the nation of the Otomies, as the languages of both nations are but different dialects of the same tongue. 1845[see Huastec]. 1877L. H. Morgan Anc. Society ii. vii. 194 The confederacy was confronted by hostile..tribes..the Mechoacans on the west, the Otomies on the northwest. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 207/1 The languages of the Nahua nations..show no connexion of origin with the language of the Otomi tribes. 1891D. G. Brinton Amer. Race 338 The Otomi presents so many sounds unfamiliar to the European ear that the attempt to represent it by our alphabets can be only remotely accurate. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet vii. 124 They [sc. Chichimeca]..are considered by some experts as of Otomi origin. 1954Bible Translator V. 61 Otomi people suffer from considerable cultural insecurity. 1964Language XL. 81 A great variety of person-tense-aspect prefixes are available to the speaker of Otomi. 1972Ibid. XLVIII. 847, 6b is given by Hockett for..Otomi nasal vowels. 1972[see Mixtec]. |