Otomi

/ˌoʊtəˈmiː/

Otomi noun: a person belonging to the indigenous Otomi ethnic group of central Mexico.

Noun

Otomi (plural Otomi or Otomis)

A person belonging to the indigenous Otomi ethnic group of central Mexico.
- the eſpies of Tlaxcallan ſayde, that none had fought with them but certayne outlawes and knaues called Otomies, who lyued as vagaboundes without a Lorde or other ruler1578, Thomas Nicholas, The Pleasant Historie of the Conquest of the VVeast India, London: Henry Bynneman, translation of Historia general de las Indias by Francisco López de Gómara, page 124
- Thoſe in New Spaine, which they call Ottomies, were of this ſort, beeing commonly poore Indians, inhabiting a rough and barren Land, and yet they are in good numbers, and liue together with ſome order, and ſuch as doe know them, find them no leſſe apt and capeable of matters of Chriſtian Religion...1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, volume 3, London: William Stansby, page 1001

Otomi

An Oto-Manguean language and one of the indigenous languages of Mexico, spoken by around 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the central altiplano region of Mexico.

Borrowed from Spanish otomí, from Classical Nahuatl otomih, plural of otomitl.

What does Otomi mean?: Otomi means a person belonging to the indigenous Otomi ethnic group of central Mexico.
What part of speech is Otomi?: Otomi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Otomi?: Otomi is pronounced /ˌoʊtəˈmiː/.
What is the plural of Otomi?: The plural of Otomi is Otomi.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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