[Lexicog] Origin and synonyms of "wimp"

[Fritz Goerling]

David,

Ve have vays of makink zem vimps obey zee rules.

vith vim and vigor,
FG


Anyhow, in some Orizaba towns, the split seems to 
be developing along such lines that a form with w is "bigger" or 
"stronger", whereas the variant with "v" is the small, veak, vimpy vun. 
E.g. kuavitl = stick, kuawitl = tree, mokokova "be uncomfortable/sick", 
mokokowa "be seriously ill, injure yourself" cf. nechkokowa "he/it 
hurts/wounds me" and nechkokova "it bothers/hurts me."


--David Tuggy

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