Otomi
[oh-tuh-mee]
- a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- the Oto-Manguean language of the Otomi.
Origin of Otomi
1780–90; < Mexican Spanish otomí < Nahuatl otomih, plural of otomitl; literal meaning unknown
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Historical Examples
Manifold are its uses, but to the Otomi its value is chiefly in two directions.
In Indian Mexico (1908)Frederick Starr
But that the Otomi, the Triqui, or the Mixe, should be made over by the schools is doubtful.
In Indian Mexico (1908)Frederick Starr
The employer was unable to communicate with the people who spoke Otomi, Coro, or Chichimc.
The Haciendas of MexicoPaul Alexander Bartlett
More has been written on the Otomi than any other language of these parts; the proper Mexican not excepted.
OpusculaRobert Gordon Latham
The first shows that the Otomi, as compared with the monosyllabic languages of Asia, en masse, has several words in common.
OpusculaRobert Gordon Latham