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• 1 San Juan Colorado Mixtec Toggle San Juan Colorado Mixtec subsection
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Noun
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  • 2.2 Pronunciation
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    • 2.3.1 Descendants
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San Juan Colorado Mixtec

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish compa.

Noun

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cómpà

1. buddy

References

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• Stark Campbell, Sara; et al. (1986), Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 9

Spanish

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Etymology

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Clipping of compadre or compañero.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈkompa/ [ˈkõm.pa]
• Rhymes: -ompa
• Syllabification: com‧pa

Noun

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compa m (plural compas)

1. (slang, US, Mexico) buddy Synonym: (Mexico) ñero ¡Oye, compa, que te pasa?Hey buddy, what's up?

Descendants

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• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: compa

Further reading

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• “compa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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