milaacatontli

[Michael Mccafferty]

Joe has let me know that the root noun of "milaacatontli" is probably a
misspelled milla:catl 'field hand'. Sounds right.

BTW, milla:catl is milli + tla:catl  'field + 'person'. The t of tla:catl
is assimilated.


So, what you have Carlos is "big ol' field hand" in American English.

Michael


On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Carlos Santamarina wrote:

> Hello everybody:
> 
>     Can anybody help me?
> 
>     I can't find de origin of the word milaacatontli, that is used by
> Fernando Alvarado Tezozómoc (Crónica Mexicana 2001 cap.LXXXI: 349) as
> traduction of "serranillo" or little (despective) inhabitant of the
> mountains. The context is the assesination of Tzutzumatzin from Coyoacan
> (Tepanec tlatoani).
> 
>     Thank you all in any case.
> 
> -----------------------------------
> Hola a todos:
> 
> Alvarado Tezozómoc, en su Crónica Mexicana (2001 cap.LXXXI: 349), llama
> a Tzutzumatzin, tlatoani de Coyoacan "serranillo (milaacatontli)".
>  "Serranillo" quiere decir habitante de la sierra o de los montes, pero
> en náhuatl, excepto la terminación de diminutivo, no acierto a
> descomponer el término.
> 
> Muchas gracias.
> 
>     Carlos Santamarina, Madrid.
> 

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