Vocabulary Questions and Learning Nahuatl On-Line

[Michael Mccafferty]

On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Nancy Feldman wrote:

> To start off with, for a literary project I'm undertaking I'm needing the
> translations of a few words, and I was hoping the list could help.  They're
> primarily fairly simple, I think:
>

Nancy Feldman,

I would suggest Campbell and Kartunnens introduction to Nahuatl that is
available from the owner of this list, Fritz Schwaller.  In the meantime,
here are the translations to your words:




> blue: texohtic
> red: chihchiltic
> black: tliltic
> white: iztac
> green: xoxoctic
> bedchamber: cochihuayan
> garden: xochitla (flower garden)
> courtyard: I dont know: I do know ballcourt: tlachtli
> library: amoxcalli
> sacrifice (noun): tlamictiliztli
>


Best,

Michael McCafferty