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Otomi

[oh-tuh-mee]

noun

plural

Otomis 
,

plural

Otomi .
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of south-central Mexico.

  2. the Oto-Manguean language of the Otomi.



adjective

  1. of or relating to the Otomi or their language.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Otomi1

First recorded in 1780–90; from Mexican Spanish dzٴdzí from Nahuatl otomih, plural of otomitl; literal meaning unknown
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Her main competitor, Xóchitl Gálvez, meanwhile, had a father who was Indigenous Otomi.

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The face of Gálvez — who has Indigenous roots, with an Otomi father — is not.

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She grew up poor in the central state of Hidalgo, and her father was an Indigenous Otomi schoolteacher.

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Her father - an indigenous Otomi schoolteacher - was an abusive alcoholic, Ms Gálvez says, according to the Associated Press.

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Growing up poor in the central state of Hidalgo, her father was an Indigenous Otomi schoolteacher.

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