Translation/pronunciation

[Geoff Davis]

>    In the modern dialects that I'm familiar with, 'quimichin' is used for
> "mouse" and 'quimich-ilama(tl)' is used for "rat".  (ilamatl = old woman)
> This is in villages where the folk-zoology classifies 'raton' "mouse" and
> 'rata' "rat" as the male and female of the same species.

Is this an example of a pun or play on words, perhaps, with quimich-
acting as both a dimunitive ("little" old lady) as well as a hint that the "old
lady" in question is indeed a rodent?

>    My recollection is that Molina didn't really give a word for "rat".  He
> did have:
[-snip-snip-]

Thanks for the list.  I learn new things every day. :D

-Geoff